LSU got a little relief on Trey’Dez Green after the tight end went down against Ole Miss, though the Tigers still won’t have him back anytime soon.
Green’s mother said in a Facebook post on Sunday that the junior did not suffer ligament damage in his right knee and won’t need surgery. She added that he’ll miss “some games” because of “some bad sprains and bruises.” LSU coach Lane Kiffin, speaking on a conference call Sunday, did not offer a return date.
Green left Saturday’s 32-24 loss to Ole Miss early in the fourth quarter after catching a pass from quarterback Sam Leavitt, running 19 yards and taking a hard shot that sent him to the ground in pain. Trainers helped him up, but he could barely put weight on his right leg.
The injury is a blow to LSU’s offense because Green had become Leavitt’s top target. Through the first 11 quarters of his junior season, he had 14 catches for 222 yards and a touchdown.
Kiffin said LSU also had no firm update on starting defensive back Dashawn Spears. But 247Sports reported Sunday that Spears is expected to miss the rest of the season after tearing an ACL when an LSU defender was blocked into his left leg early in the second quarter.
“We don't know that for sure yet or comment on that this early in the week,” Kiffin said. “Both guys, obviously, didn't return. They're both on crutches, so not ideal, that's for sure.”
Without Green, LSU will lean on Oregon transfer Zach Grace, Pittsburgh transfer Malachi Thomas and Troy transfer Roman Mothershed at tight end. All three entered the game after Green exited. Grace, a blocking specialist, came close to catching a touchdown late that would have left LSU needing only a two-point conversion to tie the game.
The Tigers had already been trying to build depth at the position before the injury. In August, Kiffin and his staff explored adding Dae’Quan Wright, a former Ole Miss tight end who was cut from the Cleveland Browns’ training camp roster this preseason. Wright sued for a fifth year of eligibility and practiced with LSU, but Kiffin never officially added him to the roster after the Southeastern Conference threatened to kick the Tigers out of the league if he did.
That legal issue hung around through the first two weeks of the season.
“There’s a reason we had Dae’Quan Wright on our roster,” Kiffin said Sunday, before laughing and correcting himself. “Not on our roster - practicing, ready to play, knowing that this potentially could be an issue.”
Green’s rise had been one of LSU’s early-season bright spots. The former high-profile recruit was trending toward a breakout year, and the Tigers had even given him the No. 7 jersey before the season, a number traditionally reserved for one of the team’s top playmakers.
Kiffin said after LSU beat Louisiana Tech on Sept. 12 that Green had earned that kind of trust.
“Now that I understand the seven,” Kiffin said on Sept. 12 after LSU beat Louisiana Tech, “and what those guys talk about, it’s when you need a play. And the old sevens tell the new sevens, when they were talking to them, that’s what it’s for.
“There’s gonna be games that are rough, and things aren’t going well and you gotta find a way, and that’s what (Green) did.”
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