LSU may be stepping into the 2026 season with a fresh coaching staff and a lot of questions, but Trey'Dez Green is already looking like the safest answer on the roster.
At 6-foot-7 and closing in on 245 pounds, Green has the kind of build that jumps off the page. He looks like a tight end, runs like a wideout, and brings the best traits of both into one matchup nightmare. That combination is why he’s being discussed not only as LSU’s top offensive threat, but as a player who could become the public face of the program this fall.
Green is heading into his third year on campus with real momentum behind him. His junior season could end up being the one that defines his LSU career, and maybe sets up a first-round run in the 2027 NFL Draft.
The hype started early. A four-star recruit and the nation’s No. 1 tight end coming out of high school, Green wasted little time showing why LSU wanted him so badly. As a true freshman in 2024, he got on the field in 11 games and finished with 33 catches for 433 yards, while leading the Tigers with seven touchdown receptions.
That production stood out even more because LSU’s passing attack was near the bottom of the country in passing yards per game. Still, Green became the offense’s most dependable red-zone option and kept finding ways to make himself impossible to ignore.
His seven touchdown catches in 2025 set the LSU single-season record for receiving touchdowns by a tight end. It also pushed his career total to 11, the most in program history at the position.
Green’s impact went beyond just scoring. His seven touchdowns led all SEC tight ends last season, and 176 of his 433 receiving yards came after the catch. That’s the part of his game that really pops: once the ball is in his hands, he can turn a routine completion into something bigger.
Now the expectation is that his role grows even more under Lane Kiffin in Year 1 of his program takeover. If LSU’s passing game improves even a little, Green has a real shot to beat his own single-season touchdown mark and climb into yardage territory no LSU tight end has ever reached.
The NFL buzz is already there. Early 2027 draft boards have Green near the top of the tight end class, and the traits drawing that attention are easy to see: a huge catch radius, strong contested-catch skills, and the kind of frame that makes life miserable for defenders.
Scouts have pointed to recent first-round tight ends Tyler Warren and Colston Loveland as the type of player Green could follow, both coming out of a similar pass-catching mold and going in the top 20 picks.
That’s the modern problem Green creates for defenses. He’s too fast for linebackers and too big for corners, which is exactly why players with his profile are so hard to handle in today’s NFL.
His blocking and overall strength still need work, but the ceiling is obvious. If he delivers the season plenty of people are expecting, Green won’t just be LSU’s face in 2026. He could be the first tight end selected in the 2027 NFL Draft.
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