Shakeup in starting lineup in secondary for LSU football vs Nicholls. See the changes here
BATON ROUGE — LSU football's secondary will likely have two first-time starters for its home opener versus Nicholls State inside Tiger Stadium on Saturday night (6:30 p.m. CT, ESPN+).
Redshirt freshman Kylin Jackson and true freshman Dashawn Spears are listed as the starters at both safety positions.
Jackson is starting in place of sophomore Jordan Allen, who LSU coach Brian Kelly said earlier this week was dealing with a bit of a turf toe injury coming out of the USC game Sunday. Allen officially hasn't been ruled out of the Nicholls and could still play.
Spears will start in place of junior Jardin Gilbert, who has to sit out the first half against Nicholls because of the targeting penalty he was assessed late in the fourth quarter last weekend.
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Both Spears and Jackson played for the No. 19 Tigers (0-1) last week. Jackson recorded one solo tackle while Spears appeared mostly on special teams.
Jackson played in five games for LSU last season, registering one tackle against Army while playing 59 snaps on special teams.
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LSU football will be without OL Garrett Dellinger
The Tigers will be without starting senior left guard Garrett Dellinger. The 6-foot-5, 322-pounded suffered a concussion this week in practice and was questionable to play, per Kelly.
In his place, Bo Bordelon will get his first career start.
Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.
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