LSU’s offensive line took a major hit when new coach Lane Kiffin decided to move on from eight players from the 2025 unit. Weston Davis was one of the few who stuck around after briefly weighing a transfer, and that decision leaves LSU with one of its most intriguing holdovers up front.
Davis enters 2026 as the returning starter at right tackle and one of only two offensive line starters back for the Tigers, alongside center Braelin Moore. The 6-foot-6, 315-pound tackle arrived in the 2024 class with plenty of buzz, and LSU still sees the kind of upside that made him one of the nation’s top line prospects. He didn’t begin playing football until his sophomore year of high school, but his size, athletic profile and background as a standout basketball player have always given him a different kind of ceiling.
Last season, Davis handled a big assignment. He stepped into the opening-day right tackle job and had to replace NFL draft pick Emery Jones.
As a redshirt freshman, he played in 12 games and started 10 times, logging 699 offensive snaps. He was on the field for 424 passing opportunities and gave up four sacks, but he also settled in late.
Over the final five games, he didn’t allow a sack across 152 passing opportunities.
His workload was heavy and varied. Davis played a season-high 82 snaps against Louisiana Tech in the home opener, and he was on the field for every offensive snap in five games: 75 at Clemson, 55 against Florida, 53 versus Vanderbilt, 67 against Texas A&M and 57 against Oklahoma. He missed the Ole Miss game because of an injury suffered in pregame warmups, then didn’t start against Arkansas and Western Kentucky before returning to the lineup for the Texas Bowl, where he played 53 snaps against Houston.
Davis’ path to this point started with a brief redshirt season in 2024. He appeared in four games in reserve duty, taking 20 offensive snaps total. His action came against Nicholls, South Alabama, Arkansas and Baylor, with a season-high 11 snaps in the win over South Alabama.
The scouting report on Davis is simple enough: the tools are there for him to become a dominant tackle. LSU got a former five-star with ideal measurables, and the hope is that the progress he showed late last season carries into 2026. He also earned SEC Academic Honor Roll status in 2025 and is majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
At Beaumont United High in Beaumont, Texas, Davis was already one of the top offensive line prospects in the country. On3 gave him five stars, while ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports listed him as a four-star.
In the On3 composite, he was a four-star, the No. 64 player nationally, the No. 5 offensive tackle prospect and the No. 11 overall player in Texas. On3 also ranked him as high as No. 3 nationally at his position and No. 5 overall in Texas.
As a junior in 2022, he was named First-Team Beaumont Enterprise Super Gold, and his high school team averaged 4.1 yards per carry in 2023.
For LSU, Davis is more than just a returning starter. He is one of the clearest bets on the roster to turn raw traits into something far more polished, and the Tigers will be counting on that development as the new-look line comes together.
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