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LSU Week 2 Injury Report: Kyle Parker doubtful, Princeton Malbrue suffers ‘serious’ knee injury

The Tigers are mostly healthy entering their home opener, but they are dealing with a couple of injuries to depth players this week.

LSU’s trip to Las Vegas for the opening game of the season against USC ultimately wasn’t a productive one.

The Tigers fell 27-20, squandering a fourth-quarter lead against the Trojans to drop their fifth-straight season-opener. On the bright side, the team returns home for Week 2 against Nicholls in what should be a tuneup game, and the team is relatively healthy entering the week.

The one piece of notable injury news [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] provided was that defensive end [autotag]Princeton Malbrue[/autotag], who was injured on a kickoff return, suffered what is thought to be a “serious” knee injury.

Receiver [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag], who made the start in place of an injured [autotag]Chris Hilton Jr.[/autotag] but exited the game early, suffered a UCL injury and is listed as doubtful as he is not expected to suit up against the Colonels.

However, Kelly said that while some other players will likely be listed on Wednesday’s injury report with “bumps and bruises,” everyone else is expected to play including Hilton, who is expected to start at receiver.

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LSU WR Chris Hilton Jr. not expected to play against USC in season-opener

Chris Hilton Jr. is unlikely to play after he was listed as questionable throughout the week.

After being listed as questionable throughout the week by coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] as he dealt with a bone bruise, starting LSU receiver [autotag]Chris Hilton Jr.[/autotag] did not dress ahead of Sunday night’s season opener and is not expected to play against USC.

Hilton was listed as a starter on the depth chart LSU released earlier Sunday. [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag], a redshirt freshman from Allen, Texas, is expected to make the start instead.

Entering his fourth season with the Tigers, Hilton battled injury early in his career but is coming off a career-best campaign. In 11 games, he started twice and finished the year with 225 yards and two touchdowns on 13 catches.

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Hilton is expected to have a breakout season in 2024, but Parker, who appeared in four games but recorded no stats as a true freshman, seems to be in line to make his starting debut with the Tigers.

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LSU’s Brian Kelly provides clarity on wide receiver depth

Brian Kelly offered some clarity on LSU’s wide receiver depth.

There are few questions about the depth chart at the top of LSU’s offense. At wide receiver, LSU’s managed a stable trio throughout the offseason. [autotag]Kyren Lacy[/autotag], [autotag]CJ Daniels[/autotag] and [autotag]Chris Hilton Jr.[/autotag] took starting jobs early and didn’t look back.

But at the second level, the answers weren’t so clear. LSU has several players who could make a case to be WR4. We now have some clarity. With Hilton questionable for Saturday’s season-opener against USC, [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] said the next man up is sophomore [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag].

Parker filled in for Hilton at practice and Kelly said he had a strong camp. Parker entered college as a strong route runner, giving him the tools to play early. It was tough to get on the field as a freshman, especially with the strength LSU had at receiver, but now the chance is there.

LSU signed a talented bunch of receivers in 2023. By the end of the year, there were some signs Parker separated from the group. That included playing six snaps in the bowl game against Wisconsin.

Parker is still waiting on his first college target, but it sounds like the wait may not be much longer. Along with Parker, expect [autotag]Aaron Anderson[/autotag] and [autotag]Zavion Thomas[/autotag] to be in the mix. Both players offer playmaking ability with the ball in their hands.

If LSU is forced to move further down the depth chart, sophomore [autotag]Shelton Sampson Jr.[/autotag] is still waiting on his chance, too.

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LSU WR Chris Hilton Jr. questionable for season-opener vs. USC with bone bruise

Chris Hilton Jr. is dealing with a bone bruise while guard Miles Frazier was listed as probable in Monday’s injury report from Brian Kelly.

LSU is preparing to travel to Las Vegas to begin the 2024 season against USC on Sunday, and it could be without one of its starting receivers in that game.

Coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] updated the injury report heading into the week on Monday and said that [autotag]Chris Hilton Jr.[/autotag] is questionable for Sunday’s season-opener after suffering a bone bruise.

“He has a bone bruise, he is working through that process but today he’ll be listed in that category,” Kelly said.

Hilton has dealt with injuries and being buried on the depth chart through his first three seasons, but he’s coming off a career-best 225-yard, two-touchdown campaign in which he appeared in 11 games with two starts.

Kelly said Hilton was listed as questionable because the training staff hadn’t seen him get the opportunity to “move around.”

If he’s unable to play, redshirt freshman [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag] would get the starting nod. Parker appeared in four games as a true freshman last fall but was not targeted.

Kelly also listed starting right guard [autotag]Miles Frazier[/autotag] on the injury report as probable. The former FIU transfer enters his third year as a starter at LSU, and if he isn’t able to suit up, the Tigers will turn to one of their redshirt freshman depth pieces in [autotag]Tyree Adams[/autotag] or [autotag]Paul Mubenga[/autotag].

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LSU’s Kylan Billiot named a freshman SEC receiver to watch

It may be tough to break through in LSU’s receiver room, but true freshman Kylan Billiot has the chance to do so.

Even with [autotag]Malik Nabers[/autotag] and [autotag]Brian Thomas Jr.[/autotag] moving on, it’s hard not to like what LSU has at receiver.

It returned budding stars like [autotag]Kyren Lacy[/autotag], [autotag]Chris Hilton Jr.[/autotag] and [autotag]Aaron Anderson[/autotag] while adding transfer [autotag]CJ Daniels[/autotag]. It will also hope for some development from second-year players [autotag]Shelton Sampson Jr.[/autotag] and [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag].

However, true freshman receiver [autotag]Kylan Billiot[/autotag] could also make an impact. The four-star prospect from Terrebonne was 247Sports’ No. 13 receiver in the 2024 cycle, and he was listed among potential impact freshman wideouts in the SEC this fall.

It may be tough for Billiot to see the field given all the aforementioned talent at the position, but as the top-rated receiver in LSU’s signing class, he’s the team’s best candidate for a true freshman breakout star.

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Former LSU receiver Khai Prean commits to Tulane

Khai Prean is staying in the state of Louisiana.

Former Tigers wide receiver [autotag]Khai Prean[/autotag] won’t be leaving the state of Louisiana, after all.

On Monday, Prean announced his commitment to Tulane as a transfer. The former four-star receiver entered the transfer portal last Wednesday following one season at LSU in which he redshirted and didn’t make any appearances.

Listed as an athlete coming out of Saint James, Louisiana, in the 2023 class, Prean was a top-500 recruit. However, even with the departures of [autotag]Malik Nabers[/autotag] and [autotag]Brian Thomas Jr.[/autotag], he remained buried on the receiver depth chart entering 2024.

LSU still has quite a bit of depth at the position between projected starters [autotag]Kyren Lacy[/autotag], [autotag]Zavion Thomas[/autotag] and [autotag]CJ Daniels[/autotag], depth players [autotag]Aaron Anderson[/autotag] and [autotag]Chris Hilton Jr.[/autotag], as well as young players who could be poised for a breakout like [autotag]Shelton Sampson Jr.[/autotag] and [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag].

Prean will join a Tulane team coming off another double-digit win season, but the 2024 campaign will be the first under new coach Jon Sumrall after Willie Fritz left to take the Houston job.

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LSU receiver Kyle Parker could be poised for breakout redshirt freshman season

Kyle Parker has reportedly seen first-team receiver reps at LSU’s spring practice.

As LSU works its way through spring ball, there’s one pressing question on the offensive side: Who can replace the production departing with first-round receivers [autotag]Malik Nabers[/autotag] and [autotag]Brian Thomas Jr.[/autotag]?

While the Tigers may lack the experience in the receiver room, it’s a talented group with a number of players who could earn reps. One, however, has been a standout so far in spring ball.

Redshirt freshman [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag] — an Allen, Texas, native who appeared in four games as a true freshman in 2023 — was spotted taking reps with the first team along with [autotag]Chris Hilton Jr.[/autotag] and [autotag]Kyren Lacy[/autotag].

Parker was part of a talented receiver class in 2023 that also featured [autotag]Shelton Sampson Jr.[/autotag] and [autotag]Jalen Brown[/autotag]. The latter has since transferred, but with Sampson and a group that also features Liberty transfer [autotag]CJ Daniels[/autotag] and [autotag]Aaron Anderson[/autotag], a transfer addition who played occasionally in 2023, there are options for the Tigers.

However, it seems Parker is making an impression, with quarterback [autotag]Garrett Nussmeier[/autotag] recently saying that he had “worked his tail off.”

The Tigers have to replace a combined 2,746 receiving yards and 31 touchdowns from a season ago. The emergence of a player like Parker would certainly make that much more manageable.

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NEW: Liberty WR transfer CJ Daniels commits to LSU

CJ Daniels is now officially committed to playing for the LSU Tigers next season.

There were a lot of reports on Saturday that [autotag]CJ Daniels[/autotag] would be transferring from Liberty to LSU. Nothing official has been released until now.

On Sunday, Daniels officially committed to playing for the LSU Tigers next season.

Daniels is a great pickup for [autotag]Garrett Nussmeier[/autotag] and the LSU offense. He was the leading receiver for the Flames last season and played in 14 games while making 55 receptions for 1,067 yards and 10 touchdowns. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound wide receiver from Lilburn, Georgia, was a junior, so he will have one year of eligibility remaining.

Daniels joins a wide receiver room with [autotag]Aaron Anderson[/autotag], [autotag]Kyren Lacy[/autotag], [autotag]Shelton Sampson[/autotag], [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag] and [autotag]Chris Hilton Jr.[/autotag] There should be a lot of opportunities for him to make a big impact for the Tigers next fall.

The only question remaining is, who will the offensive coordinator be? When [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] names the new offensive coordinator, we will know a lot more about the type of offense LSU will run.

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2023 LSU Tigers Snapshot Profile: No. 14 Jalen Brown

Jalen Brown could eventually become a major impact player despite joining a talented receiver group.

Going into the 2023 football season, LSU Wire will be looking at each player listed on the Tigers’ roster.

Over the preseason, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for Brian Kelly this season.

We’ve already looked at a couple of LSU’s 2023 receiver additions in [autotag]Shelton Sampson Jr.[/autotag] and [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag], and now we’re looking at another in [autotag]Jalen Brown[/autotag]. Any time you can go steal a talented south Florida prospect from the in-state programs it’s a win, and Brown could eventually become a major impact player despite joining a talented receiver group.

Jalen Brown Preseason Player Profile

2023 LSU Tigers Snapshot Profile: No. 12 Kyle Parker

We’re looking at another receiver addition from the 2023 signing class in Kyle Parker.

Going into the 2023 football season, LSU Wire will be looking at each player listed on the Tigers’ roster.

Over the preseason, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for Brian Kelly this season.

We’ve already looked at one of the receiver additions in LSU’s 2023 signing class in [autotag]Shelton Sampson Jr.[/autotag], and now we’re checking out another in consensus four-star Texas signee [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag]. Early playing time at receiver won’t be easy on this team, but Parker will try to break through in a crowded room.

Kyle Parker Preseason Player Profile