Neither defensive lineman who left LSU football's win over South Carolina early on Saturday suffered major injuries.

Coach Brian Kelly said on Monday that defensive tackle Bernard Gooden has a bruised collarbone and edge rusher Jimari Butler has an ankle sprain. Butler, Kelly said, is "probable" to play in Week 8 against No. 17 Vanderbilt, and Gooden is "very sore right now."

"But clean — no break," Kelly said. "So this is a short-time thing, one where he'll have to manage the pain relative to how we go through the week.

"I think we've got good news on all of the injuries that we had."

Kelly said that LSU expects left guard Paul Mubenga (high ankle sprain) to return to the field against the Commodores after he sat the win over the Gamecocks. A few other injuries cropped up in that

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