Josh Williams, Jarrick Bernard-Converse participating in warmups ahead of SEC Championship

NS_headshot_clearbackgroundby:Nick Schultz•12/03/22•

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LSU could be getting some good news on the injury front ahead of the SEC Championship. Josh Williams and Jarrick Bernard-Converse are both participating in warmups, according to the Montgomery Advertiser’s Leah Vann.

Williams has missed the last two games for LSU with a knee injury, but has been a key part of the running game when healthy. In 10 appearances this year, he has 477 rushing yards and six touchdowns to his name.

Bernard-Converse, meanwhile, was out last week against Texas A&M due to a concussion. He has 35 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and an interception through 11 games as a true freshman on defense.

LSU is gearing up to take on Georgia for a shot at the SEC title. Kickoff is coming up at 4 p.m. ET on CBS.

Brian Kelly assesses the true health of Jayden Daniels entering SEC Championship vs. Georgia

The biggest question for LSU entering Saturday’s SEC Championship is the health of Jayden Daniels. He suffered a sprained ankle against Texas A&M, but played through it in the Tigers’ season finale last week.

Brian Kelly addressed Daniels’ health before Saturday’s matchup and said the Arizona State transfer is ready to roll against Georgia.

“He obviously had the sprained ankle,” Kelly told SEC Network’s Alyssa Lang. “Finished the game against A&M. He was a little bit sore, I think, on Monday. Tuesday, he was able to practice, Wednesday, Thursday, and looked like himself, obviously, or we wouldn’t play him. But we got Garrett Nussmeier a lot of work. He’s an outstanding quarterback, too. We’re blessed, we’ve got two really good quarterbacks.

“Jayden will start, and we expect him to play.”

Getting the quarterback healthy is one thing. But it’ll be another to get something going against a tough Georgia defense, which enters play Saturday ranking 18th in the nation in passing defense, 22nd in rushing defense and 13th in points allowed. Kelly said the Bulldogs don’t make many mistakes, which makes it hard to fool them.

That’s why the key word for his offense will be balance.