re: Countdown to 2026 KICKOFF - 40 Days - Whit Weeks - Linebacker - Senior

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Leader of the LSU defense and one of the nation’s top linebackers … Enters fourth season with the Tigers with an opportunity to leave his mark as one of the best linebackers in program history … Missed 5 games in 2025, including the Texas Bowl against Houston, due to a lower leg injury … Will be back at full strength for 2026 … All-around outstanding player who makes others around him better … A high energy player who competes to the whistle on every snap … Tremendous passion for the game and for his teammates … Gives LSU a “coach” on the field … Flies to the football, had great instincts and a knack for finding the ball … Sheds blockers and has good speed to the ball … Makes plays from sideline to sideline with ease … 32 career games played with 22 starts … LSU is 17-5 with him in the starting lineup (2-0 in 2023, 9-3 in 2024, 6-2 in 2025) … 205 career tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks … Joined on the 2026 LSU roster by younger brother Zach, who is also a linebacker … In 2025, LSU’s roster featured 3 Weeks brothers – West, Whit and Zach … The Weeks brothers made program history against Western Kentucky when all 3 were on the field for a defensive series in the first quarter … It marked the first time in LSU history 3 brothers were on the field together at the same time … Had an outstanding sophomore season, earning first-team All-SEC honors and finishing No. 2 in the league in tackles with 125 … Had 6 double-digit tackle games, 5 coming in league play … Earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors twice in 2024 (vs. Ole Miss and Oklahoma) … In first career start vs. Mississippi State as a true freshman in 2023, led the Tigers in tackles with 8 … Mississippi State game in 2023 was also the first time Whit and West appeared on defense at the same time … Majoring in entrepreneurship … Dad played football at Georgia … Originally nicknamed “Sunshine” by his teammates when he arrived on campus with long blonde hair … Hair has since been cut … Represented LSU at SEC Football Media Days in 2025.

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