LSU football's Senior Day Participants
The LSU football team will go through Senior Day on Saturday when the Tigers host UAB in the final home game of the regular season.
The seniors will be honored ahead of an 8 p.m. kickoff on ESPN2.
“We’ll have 17 seniors that we’ll be honoring,” LSU head coach Brian Kelly said on Monday. “13 of them have already earned their college degree. Obviously, our mission is to graduate champions, and we’ll be able to live up to that creed.”
The 17 seniors who are set to participate in Senior Day are listed below:
S Todd Harris Jr.
LB Mike Jones Jr.
WR Jaray Jenkins
CB Colby Richardson
DE Ali Gaye
CB Jarrick Bernard-Converse
LB Hunter Faust
K Trey Finnison
TE MJ Frazier
LB Jared Small
TE Nick Storz
WR Evan Francioni
LB Micah Baskerville
OT Cam Wire
S Joe Foucha
CB Mekhi Garner
S Jay Ward
Names like Jenkins, Baskerville, Gaye and Ward have been mainstays on the field for LSU in recent years, while transfers like Jones, Richardson, Bernard-Converse, Foucha and Garner have been notable transfer additions since arriving to campus in Baton Rouge.
It’s not official that a player with eligibility remaining who participates in Senior Night is departing from the program, but it’s likely a telling sign.
The same could be also said for the Tigers who have an opportunity to participate in Senior Day but aren’t on the list.
Among the seniors who are not expected to take part in Senior Day are cornerback Sevyn Banks, offensive lineman Tre’mond Shorts, defensive back Greg Brooks, punter Jay Bramblett and running back John Emery. Banks, who is listed as a “Super Senior”, would have been out of eligibility after this season, but an injury after appearing in just one game opens the door for him to return for the 2023 season.
Getting Brooks back in 2023 would be huge for the secondary, though there’s no official word on his decision to stay or go when it comes to the NFL Draft. The same for Emery, who will not take part in Senior Day activities despite being in his fourth season in Baton Rouge.
LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is listed as a junior on LSU’s roster given he already factored in his 2020 eligibility-free season during the COVID shutdown, is a fourth-year player who already graduated from Arizona State. He’s not listed as a participant on LSU’s Senior Day night. Daniels has not publicly commented on whether or not he plans to return to LSU for the 2023 season.
The Tigers, ranked No. 6 in the most recent CFB Playoff rankings, have regular season games at home against UAB and on the road against Texas A&M. LSU will then travel to Georgia for the SEC Championship on the first Saturday in December.
“Our focus will be on UAB and A&M because they matter,” Kelly said this week. “For us in terms of where we are and the development of our program, these singular games are so important to us.
“Look, I get the SEC Championship game is what it is, right? It gets you one step, but as we’re climbing this ladder for us in terms of the development of our program, these games are so pivotal for us in terms of our development. It’s crazy to be able to think of anything else but these individual games.”
