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USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Seven LSU football players earn preseason All-SEC honors at media days
Seven LSU football players made the AP's preseason All-SEC team, announced Friday. Whit Weeks leads the pack as a first-teamer. Garrett Nussmeier, Caden Durham, Aaron Anderson, Harold Perkins, Barion Brown and Zavion Thomas all earned second-team honors. Weeks led the team with 125 tackles, adding in 10 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. He's poised for another strong season following a lower-body injury in the Kinder's Texas Bowl. Heading into his second season starting at quarterback, Nussmeier is gunning for the program's all-time passing mark, which currently stands at 9,115. Last year, he threw for 4,052 yards with 29 touchdowns. Durham is coming off an All-SEC freshman season. He picked up 1,013 total yards and averaged 9.3 yards per carry. Despite dealing with a lingering toe injury, he developed into a versatile weapon. As a sophomore, he'll be the Tigers' feature back to balance out an improved passing game. Anderson made the cut as a wide receiver. He returns as a veteran presence in Baton Rouge amongst a host of transfers and freshmen. The redshirt junior made 61 catches for 884 yards in 2024. Following an injury-plagued 2024, Perkins returns to lead a retooled defense alongside Weeks. The linebacker made 17 tackles through four games last year before sitting out. He'll bounce between linebacker and the STAR position in defensive coordinator Blake Baker's scheme in 2025. Brown and Thomas appeared on the team as return specialists. They'll look to take up important roles on the offense as receivers as well, but both are apart of LSU's renewed focus on special teams success.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
LSU football linebacker Whit Weeks on why Harold Perkins Jr. is best player he's seen
LSU football junior linebacker Whit Weeks details why fellow linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. is the best defensive player he's ever seen.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix dropped a trailer for its SEC football series, and fans were absolutely thrilled
Are you a fan of both SEC football and Netflix sports documentaries? If so, you're in for a major treat later this summer. On Monday, Netflix dropped the reveal trailer for its upcoming docuseries, "SEC Football: Any Given Sunday." The series is set to premiere on the streaming service on Aug. 5, and it will seemingly provide an in-depth look at SEC football during the 2024 season. Advertisement While we don't yet know exactly what the series will focus on, it seems to take a wide look at the conference and will "offer an exclusive look at key matchups throughout the SEC season." In the trailer, we got behind-the-scenes looks at LSU's Brian Kelly and Whit Weeks, Vanderbilt breakout quarterback Diego Pavia and Graham Mertz, a two-year starting quarterback at Florida whose college career ended with a torn ACL last October. That's likely just scratching the surface of the storylines that will be covered in the documentary, and if you're a fan of an SEC team (or just a college football connoisseur, in general), this will be a must-watch. Unsurprisingly, fans were thrilled at the announcement of the upcoming series. This article originally appeared on For The Win: SEC Football: Fans thrilled by reveal trailer for Netflix series
USA Today
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Netflix dropped a trailer for its SEC football series, and fans were absolutely thrilled
Are you a fan of both SEC football and Netflix sports documentaries? If so, you're in for a major treat later this summer. On Monday, Netflix dropped the reveal trailer for its upcoming docuseries, "SEC Football: Any Given Sunday." The series is set to premiere on the streaming service on Aug. 5, and it will seemingly provide an in-depth look at SEC football during the 2024 season. While we don't yet know exactly what the series will focus on, it seems to take a wide look at the conference and will "offer an exclusive look at key matchups throughout the SEC season." In the trailer, we got behind-the-scenes looks at LSU's Brian Kelly and Whit Weeks, Vanderbilt breakout quarterback Diego Pavia and Graham Mertz, a two-year starting quarterback at Florida whose college career ended with a torn ACL last October. That's likely just scratching the surface of the storylines that will be covered in the documentary, and if you're a fan of an SEC team (or just a college football connoisseur, in general), this will be a must-watch. Unsurprisingly, fans were thrilled at the announcement of the upcoming series.
USA Today
02-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Star LSU football linebacker Whit Weeks named preseason All-American by Walter Camp
LSU linebacker Whit Weeks earned preseason second-team All-American recognition from the Walter Camp Foundation on Tuesday. Weeks' selection makes him one of the nation's top six linebackers. He led the Tigers with 125 tackles while adding 10 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks in 2024. The performance made him an All-SEC first team selection. The SEC led the selections with 12 schools represented and 16 players. Linebackers Jason Henderson of Old Dominion and Suntarine Perkins of Ole Miss join Weeks on the second team. Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnick earned first team honors while Arizona State's passer Sam Leavitt earned second team honors. Weeks returns to the gridiron for his junior year following a six-month recovery from surgery on a dislocated ankle and broken fibula. He was carted off the field during the second quarter of the Kinder's Texas Bowl against Baylor after he went down making a tackle. Weeks and fellow linebacker Harold Perkins return to lead a retooled LSU defense, which includes additions from the country's top 2025 transfer portal class.
