The key to the 2025 LSU football team has been its defense. The Tigers have struggled to play well and find much consistency on offense from game to game, making the defense even more important. One of the leaders of their defense is their tackling machine, Whit Weeks, but before the game against Texas A&M on Saturday, it was announced that Weeks will be out after he missed their loss to Vanderbilt .

Weeks's absence for this game against the Aggies is enormous, considering LSU's College Football Playoff hopes are hanging by a thread. CBS Sports national senior college football reporter Matt Zenitz was the first to report that Weeks would be out, but he also said that Weeks should be back next week for LSU's game against Alabama.

Zenitz's post read “ LSU star linebacker Whit Weeks

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