#65 Paul Mubenga Season 2025

Enters third season with the Tigers in 2025 … Appeared in 10 games with 5 starts as a redshirt freshman in 2024 … Pressed into action at Texas A&M in week 8 and started the final 5 games of the season at left guard … Part of an LSU offensive line that led the SEC in sacks allowed (15) in 2024 … Redshirted as a true freshman in 2023 … Huge upside as he’s still relatively new to the game … Has only played football for 6 years, picking up the game as a freshman in high school … Grew up playing soccer in his home country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa … Majoring in kinesiology.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2024)
Appeared in 10 games with 5 starts, all at left guard … Started final 5 games of the season for the Tigers … Logged a total of 438 offensive snaps with career-high 93 coming at Florida … Played 52 special teams snaps, all on field goal/PAT protection … Allowed 2 sacks on 275 pass blocking opportunities … Pressed into action at Texas A&M when starter Garrett Dellinger went down with an injury in the first half … Played 49 snaps vs. the Aggies … Started for the first time against Alabama, the first of 5 consecutive starts to end the season … Made college debut in win over Nicholls (28 snaps).

TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2023)
Redshirted as a true freshman … Did not see any game action.

HIGH SCHOOL
Outstanding offensive line prospect from Georgia powerhouse Buford High School … Team won three state championships from 2019-21 … Rated with 3-stars in the On3 Composite … Started playing football as a freshman in high school and has shown improvement each season … Grew up playing soccer … Moved to the United States from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2017 … Comes from same high school that produced LSU’s NFL long snappers in Reid and Blake Ferguson.