SEC Media Days will belong to Lane Kiffin when he takes the stage to close out the event on Thursday, July 23, but LSU tight end Trey’Dez Green has a real chance to leave with some of the loudest buzz in the room.
Kiffin’s arrival is going to draw the biggest crowd of attention, especially after the rocky divorce with Ole Miss this offseason. Still, the LSU table brings its own pile of storylines, and Green sits right at the center of them.
Whit Weeks and T.J. Dottery are set to join him, with Dottery’s move from Ole Miss to LSU and Weeks’ decision to return to LSU both adding to the noise.
Even so, Green is the one who stands to gain the most from the spotlight.
The junior tight end enters 2026 with a national profile already in place. PFF has him ranked as the No. 1 returning tight end in America, and he’s LSU’s top returning offensive weapon heading into the season.
Last year, Green caught seven touchdown passes and set the LSU single-season record for touchdown receptions by a tight end. He also owns the program’s all-time mark for receiving touchdowns by a tight end with 11.
At 6-foot-7, Green brings a rare mix of size and speed that makes him a nightmare matchup. He looks like a power forward and moves like a wide receiver, which is exactly why he earned the highest rating of any tight end in the game.
That kind of profile has already pushed him into early NFL Draft conversation. In Josh Edwards’ way-too-early 2027 NFL Mock Draft, Green is projected as a top-15 pick and the first tight end off the board.
Now he gets a bigger stage to sell himself to the SEC world. With Kiffin likely to command plenty of attention and starting quarterback Sam Leavitt not selected to attend, Green becomes the most visible face of a high-powered offense that people are eager to learn more about.
The timing lines up perfectly. Green is heading into Year 3 at LSU, stepping into an offense that seems built for his skill set, and the buzz around the John Mackey Award is already building. SEC Media Days gives him a chance to turn all of that into a bigger national moment.
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