Coach Brian Kelly is updating LSU’s injury reporting protocol to be more in line with that at the NFL level this season, and on Monday, we got our first injury report in the updated style.
Kelly provided additional information on the players currently dealing with injuries during his post-practice press conference on Thursday. We already know the Tigers will be without [autotag]Maason Smith[/autotag], who is suspended, and [autotag]John Emery Jr.[/autotag], who is “unavailable” according to Kelly until Week 3.
Here’s the full injury report provided by Kelly on Thursday. Of note, backup offensive lineman [autotag]Kimo Makane’ole[/autotag] was upgraded from questionable to probable.
- RB [autotag]Armoni Goodwin[/autotag] (Out)
- RB [autotag]Josh Williams[/autotag] (Probable)
- OL [autotag]Kimo Makane’ole[/autotag] (Probable)
We knew that Goodwin likely wouldn’t be able to go in this one. He’s been limited in camp after recovering from a season-ending injury last fall, and he continues to deal with a hamstring injury.
Kelly seems optimistic that he will return soon, but in the meantime, LSU will turn to a hopefully healthy Williams and [autotag]Noah Cain[/autotag] as well as transfer [autotag]Logan Diggs[/autotag] and freshmen [autotag]Kaleb Jackson[/autotag] and [autotag]Trey Holly[/autotag].
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