After four straight days of practice, LSU coach Brian Kelly said the team wanted to manage the workload of two key players during a light session Friday morning in the indoor practice facility.

Linebacker Whit Weeks did not practice. Instead, he watched from the side or rode a stationary bike. Weeks suffered an ankle injury that required surgery in the Tigers' bowl game, and Kelly said LSU did not want him to practice five days in a row until game week.

LSU football workload management

Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier was limited. Nussmeier, who Kelly said aggravated a preexisting case of patellar tendinitis last Wednesday, did not throw for most of LSU's 14th practice. He led the starting offense during certain drills.

"Nuss is much more about managing his throws," Kelly said. "H

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