Whit Weeks injury update: LSU LB's status revealed vs. Arkansas on Wednesday availability report

The initial injury report for a Week 12 matchup between LSU and Arkansas has been released on Wednesday evening. Both teams have a number of players listed that could impact the outcome.

For the Tigers, linebacker Whit Weeks has missed the past three games as he deals with a bone bruise in his right ankle. He is officially listed as questionable against the Razorbacks. You can check out the full injury report for both teams below.

Arkansas Razorbacks (2-7, 0-5 SEC)

• DB Quentavius Scandrett – Out
• WR Monte Harrison – Out
• WR Jalen Brown – Out
• RB AJ Green – Out
• OL Shaq McRoy – Out
• TE Andreas Paaske – Out
• DL David Oke – Out
• DB Larry Worth III – Out (1st half)
• DL Charlie Collins – Questionable

LSU Tigers (5-4, 2-4)

• WR Nic Anderson – Out
• DE Gabriel Reliford – Out
• OL Tyree Adams – Out
• LB Whit Weeks – Questionable
• WR Aaron Anderson – Probable

Weeks last played on Oct. 11 against South Carolina, meaning he has been out for more than a month at this point. He has recorded 29 tackles (2.5 for loss) and one sack across six games this season.

LSU interim coach Frank Wilson addressed the status of Weeks during a press conference on Monday. He revealed that the linebacker wanted to play last week against Alabama but could not be cleared.

“Once we got out there, you know, and we’re in Tuscaloosa, and the juices are flowing, and he’s like, ‘Coach, I can go! I can go,'” Wilson said. “Well, yeah, right – you couldn’t go yesterday. But that’s just your adrenaline, alright, and so he got himself in a frenzy of a position and he’s a competitor so he wanted to play. But you can’t tell me the day of the game, right.

“And so, we’ll see. We’ll see how it goes. I’m uncertain right now. Probably hopeful, without medically using the term doubtful or whatever. But he was in great spirits, he’s eager. He wants to be back out there, but we won’t put him out there until he can protect himself and play at the level that allows him to be elite.”

Since this is an SEC matchup, Arkansas and LSU will both release availability reports throughout the week. In addition to Wednesday’s injury report, there will also be reports released on Thursday and Friday, then one final report that comes out 90 minutes before kickoff. All availability reports can be found on the SEC’s website.

This is a matchup between two schools that have both already fired their head coaches this season. Arkansas is still in search of its first SEC win while LSU is losers of three straight, and one team has to snap that streak when the game kicks off at 12:45 p.m. ET.