Trey'Dez Green has wasted no time making LSU’s fall camp look like an extension of last season’s breakout. At 6-foot-7, the tight end has been as advertised through the first week, handling individual work and team periods with the kind of polish that keeps showing up no matter where LSU lines him up.
The early chemistry with new quarterback Sam Leavitt has been impossible to miss. From the first period of camp, the two have been linked together, starting with Leavitt’s opening throw on Day 1 - a pass down the middle to Green - and continuing without a single rep where Green wasn’t getting work from him.
That connection has held through every practice available to the media. On August 8, quarterbacks opened by throwing to the tight ends, and Green spent that stretch working only with Leavitt. With Lane Kiffin installing a new offense around fresh pieces, Green is already looking like the hub of it.
The usage has only reinforced that idea. Kiffin’s staff has moved Green well beyond a standard tight end role, and by Day 4 he was spending a significant amount of time split out wide.
LSU has also leaned into dual-tight-end looks, pairing Green with Malachi Thomas on routes that include outs, crossing patterns and deep slants. Green’s versatility gives the offense another layer, but what really jumps out is how easily he creates separation for a player his size.
He keeps finding space in the middle of the field while being bigger than nearly everyone around him.
Even in individual drills, the pecking order is obvious. Thomas has consistently worked behind Green in tight end drills, a clear sign that Green is the top option at the position.
The résumé behind the camp buzz is already strong. Green enters his junior season as the SEC’s reigning leader among tight ends in receiving touchdowns with seven, after finishing 2025 with 33 catches for 433 yards and leading the team in yards per reception at 13.1. He also owns LSU’s career record for touchdown catches by a tight end with 11, along with the single-season record for the position with seven touchdowns in 2025.
The national recognition is there, too. Green is on the preseason watchlist for the John Mackey Award and has been ranked by Pro Football Focus as the top returning tight end in the country.
For LSU, the message from the first week of camp is hard to miss: Green is a centerpiece in Kiffin’s new-look attack. And if these early practices are any indication, opposing defenses are going to have a long time figuring out how to handle him.
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