LSU fans are starting to fall in love with Whit Weeks, and Weeks is already in love with LSU. The freshman linebacker from Georgia has been a tackling machine since he got inserted into the starting lineup in the SEC opener against Mississippi State.
Weeks led the team in tackles with eight in the game against the Bulldogs and had nine more tackles last Saturday against Arkansas.
His older brother West Weeks is a reserve linebacker for the Tigers. He transferred to LSU after one season at Virginia.
Weeks said his older brother was looking at transferring to South Carolina, but during a recruiting visit to Baton Rouge, West told his little brother that LSU is the place to be.
Weeks would get a scholarship offer from LSU and fell in love with the people of Louisiana during his recruiting visits.
“It’s the place, the people, and the football, the place is beautiful, I love the campus, and who wouldn’t want to play in Death Valley, I mean last Saturday was the coolest experience of my life,” said Whit Weeks.
So far Weeks has made it look easy starting as a freshman in the SEC.
He’s been around football his whole life. His dad was a center for the Georgia Bulldogs in the early 1990s. His dad coached the Weeks’ football teams before they got to high school and he was the offensive line coach at their high school Oconee County High in Georgia.
But Weeks admits it’s not been an easy transition as the defense run by defensive coordinator Matt House is way more complicated than what he had in high school.
Weeks is glad he came on campus last January and participated in spring practices.
“Spring ball all the meetings we got in March and April and even in May really is what helped me learn, because it’s totally different than high school, in high school you have two coverages, here you have so many different coverages, so many different assignments you have to know, so it’s a totally different ball game,” said Weeks.
Weeks has been a bright spot for a defense that has struggled.
Coach Brian Kelly has said his players are trying to do their assignment, plus one of their teammates, which is causing break downs in coverage.
Weeks says that point is being hammered home as they get ready to face the Ole Miss Rebels.
“We know we have to play sound in the run game, and then in pass coverage, Coach House says don’t’ chase the cheese, don’t chase under routes, stay in your drops,” said Weeks.
Weeks got into the starting lineup because of an injury to veteran Omar Speights. As long as Whit Weeks keeps chasing down players with the football, he won’t be leaving the field anytime soon.
