LSU’s No. 7 jersey will have two new faces for the 2026 season, and both are proven difference-makers.
The program announced Wednesday that tight end Trey’Dez Green and linebacker Whit Weeks will wear the number this fall, continuing one of LSU football’s most recognizable traditions. Each year, the Tigers reserve No. 7 for a top playmaker, and this season the honor goes to a pair of veterans who have already left their mark.
Green enters the season with a growing reputation as one of the nation’s top tight ends. In 2025, he earned second-team All-SEC honors and proved especially dangerous near the goal line, finishing with a team-high seven touchdown catches. A native of Jackson, Louisiana, Green now adds the No. 7 jersey to a résumé that already makes him a central piece of the offense.
Weeks brings a different kind of value. The veteran linebacker chose to return to Baton Rouge for his final season of eligibility after building a career that includes more than 200 tackles.
Most of that production came in 2024, and he was named a permanent team captain in 2025. Though Weeks is from Georgia, he’ll still wear one of LSU’s most celebrated numbers this fall.
This isn’t the first time LSU has given No. 7 to more than one player in the same season. Will Campbell and Harold Perkins shared the honor in 2024. The tradition itself dates back to Patrick Peterson in 2008 and has since passed through stars such as Tyrann Mathieu and Leonard Fournette.
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