LSU senior cornerback Mansoor Delane is playing through “a core muscle injury” that he’s dealt with since Week 4 of this season, Delane told reporters on Tuesday.

The injury has affected Delane to the point where he was not supposed to finish last Saturday’s game against Arkansas. The Virginia Tech transfer had to ask LSU secondary coach Corey Raymond to insert him back into the game for what turned out to be the Tigers’ final defensive possession.

“I really was supposed to be out the rest of the game, but then I was like, ‘Nah,’ “ Delane said. “ ‘They’re about to throw the ball. I need to be in there with the group.’

“(Coach Raymond) was like, ‘If you can go, you can go. If you can’t, you can't.’ And I was just like, ‘Let's do it.’ And then when I went in the game, I was like ‘DJ

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