LSU heads into Saturday night’s trip to Lexington with its injury picture unchanged, but Kentucky got a notable late-week setback that could matter once the game starts to grind.
The final LSU-Kentucky injury report came out Friday night, and the Tigers’ side stayed exactly where it was expected to be. Kentucky, though, will be without defensive lineman Kalen Edwards after listing him as doubtful Thursday. He was officially ruled out Friday.
Edwards isn’t a starter for the Wildcats, but his absence still trims the depth chart in a game where depth could matter. LSU has built one of the best rushing attacks in the country through five games, and that kind of pressure tends to pile up as the night goes on. With Edwards unavailable, Kentucky’s defensive front has one less body to rotate in, which means more work for the players left to handle the load.
That challenge comes against a Kentucky defense that has already given up the fourth-most rushing yards per game among SEC teams this season at 144.2.
LSU’s report brought no surprises. The Tigers remain without linebackers Whit Weeks and Charles Ross II, safety Dashawn Spears, wide receiver Phillip Wright III and tight end Trey'Dez Green. Ross, Spears and Wright are out for the season, while Green and Weeks still have a chance to return later on.
Here are the final injury designations for both teams:
Kentucky OUT- LB Antwan Smith- LB Alex Afari Jr.- DB Jaden Smith - LB Tavion Wallace- DL Kalen Edwards- OL Aba Selm - DB Grant Grayton
LSU can’t afford any more hits to its starting lineup, especially with national championship hopes already taking damage before the calendar flips to November.
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