Coach Lane Kiffin's LSU Tigers are 6-3 on the season and scheduled to welcome coach Steve Sarkisian's Texas Longhorns to Baton Rouge for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday, November 14, while the prospective visitors were hit with travel related issues. A former LSU QB made headlines before the game with a portal update while attention turned to a Tigers linebacker.

Pete Thamel of ESPN shared an update on Kiffin and defensive coordinator Blake Baker's unit as the night of Friday, November 13 progressed.

“Whit Weeks remains questionable for LSU,” Thamel said.

Weeks has been a force for the Tigers during his time in Southeastern Louisiana as he has 228 combined tackles during the his time with the SEC program, including 23 and 2.5 tackles for loss in 2026. Weeks had a career-best 10 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks in 2024 and is one of the team's most intimidating defenders based on his ability to blow up a play before it ever gets started.

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Weeks is also a factor in coverage with four pass break-ups and one interception during his Tigers career. The Tigers will have their hands full against the Arch Manning-led Longhorns offense, which has enough to talent to put up 30 or more points in Baton Rouge this weekend.

If Weeks can't go, Kiffin and Baker have options, but it's going to take a commitment to matching wits with, and defeating, Sarkisian and Manning on defense, which would give Tigers and former ASU Sun Devils QB Sam Leavitt more chances to work his patented run-pass magic in front of the hometown crowd this weekend.