#40 Whit Weeks Season 2025
2024 First-Team All-SEC (AP, SEC Coaches)
2024 SEC Defensive Player of the Week vs. Ole Miss
2024 SEC Defensive Player of the Week vs. Oklahoma
Leader of the LSU defense and one of the nation’s top linebackers … All-around outstanding player who makes others around him better … Enters third season with the Tigers in 2025 … 24 career games played with 14 starts … 174 career tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks … Joined on the LSU roster by older brother West and incoming freshman Zach … Will be the first time all three brothers are on the same team … 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) … Flies to the football and has a knack for finding the ball … Sheds blockers and has good speed to the ball … Makes plays from sideline to sideline with ease … 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 … Nicknamed “Sunshine” by his teammates because of his long blonde hair.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024)
Played in all 13 games with 11 starts … First-Team All-SEC by both the AP and the SEC Coaches … Earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors twice (vs. Ole Miss, vs. Oklahoma) … Finished No. 2 in the SEC and No. 9 nationally in total tackles with 125 … The 125 tackles rank as the eighth-highest total in LSU history … Added 10.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, an interception, 6 quarterback hurries and batted down 3 passes in what was as good an all-around season for an LSU linebacker in program history … Had 6 games with double-digit tackles, 5 coming in SEC play, with career-best 18 in overtime win over Ole Miss … First start of season came in comeback road win over South Carolina, tallying 11 tackles in the 36-33 victory … Opened season with 6 tackles, including 1.5 for losses vs. USC … Had 11 tackles, including 2.5 for losses, in win over South Alabama, starting a stretch of 3 straight games with double-digit tackles … Earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the first time in overtime win over Ole Miss with a career-best 18 tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble … Inspired an LSU defense that held the Rebels, who were averaging 44.0 points a game, to only 3 field goals in the second half and overtime … In 2023 meeting against Ole Miss, LSU gave up 55 points and 706 total yards in the loss … His forced fumble with less than a minute to go in second quarter, led to an LSU field goal and pulled the Tigers to within 17-13 at halftime … Sacked Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart for a 6-yard loss on final play of regulation, sending game to overtime … Following week in road win over Arkansas, had third straight double-digit tackle game with 10 tackles, including a sack, and his first career interception as the Tigers held Arkansas to season-lows for points (10), total yards (277) and rushing yards (38) … With Arkansas pinned at its 14-yard line following a punt, his interception came after he batted the pass into the air, made a juggling catch, tripping up at the 2-yard line … LSU scored on its next play, extending the lead to 24-10 … Sacked Arkansas QB for a 10-yard loss on third-and-10 on next possession … Had 17 tackles against Alabama and in win over Oklahoma, which earned his second SEC Defensive Player of the Week honor … In win over Sooners, tallied 17 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, including a sack for a 6-yard loss … Added a forced fumble and a QB hurry as the Tigers limited the Sooners to only 10 offensive points and 277 total yards (167 rushing, 110 passing) … Suffered lower-leg injury in first half against Baylor in Texas Bowl, missing the remainder of the game … Had 6 tackles at the time of his injury.
TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2023)
Appeared in 11 games with 3 starts as a true freshman … Led all LSU freshmen in tackles with 49 … Added 3.5 tackles for loss, a half-sack and 4 quarterback hurries … Played 305 defensive snaps and another 182 on special teams … Played on all 4 of LSU’s special team units … Earned first career start in win over Mississippi State, responding with team-high 8 tackles and a quarterback hurry … Other starts came in wins over Arkansas (9 tackles, half-sack) and Missouri (4 tackles, 1 tackle for loss) … Teamed with Mekhi Wingo to sack Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson on 2-and-8 at LSU 9-yard line in third quarter … Arkansas had to settle for a field goal in a game LSU led 17-13 at the time of the sack … Had 9 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 2 quarterback hurries at Ole Miss … Played season-high 59 defensive snaps against Arkansas … Closed season with 8 tackles on 45 snaps in ReliaQuest Bowl win over Wisconsin …
HIGH SCHOOL
Playmaking linebacker and one of the top players in the state of Georgia … Rated a consensus 4-star linebacker in the On3 Composite … Listed as high as the No. 11 player at his position nationally and No. 10 overall for the state of Georgia by 247Sports … Led Oconee County to the Georgia 3A state semifinals in 2022 … Named Region 8-3A Player of the Year as a senior … Played on both sides of the ball in high school, also seeing action at running back, wide receiver and kick returner … Recorded 104 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 2 sacks and 3 interceptions in 2022 … Also rushed for 396 yards, caught 16 passes for 33 yards and scored a total of 16 touchdowns … Invited to play in the All-American Bowl … Dad played football at Georgia.
WHIT WEEKS’ CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 18 vs. Ole Miss, 2024
Tackles for Loss: 2.5, 2x (Last: vs. Oklahoma, 2024; First: vs. South Alabama, 2024)
Sacks: 1, 3x (Last: vs. Oklahoma, 2024; First: Ole Miss, 2024)
Interceptions: 1 at Arkansas
Passes Breakups: 1, 3x (Last: vs. Alabama; First: vs. South Alabama)
QB Hurries: 2, 2x (Last: vs. Vanderbilt, 2024; First: at Ole Miss, 2023)
Forced Fumbles: 1, 2x (Last: vs. Oklahoma; First: vs. Ole Miss, 2024)
Whit Weeks’ Double-Digit Tackle Games
18 vs. Ole Miss, Oct. 12, 2024
17 vs. Alabama, Nov. 9, 2024
17 vs. Oklahoma, Nov. 30, 2024
11 at South Carolina, Sept. 14, 2024
11 vs. South Alabama, Sept. 28, 2024
10 at Arkansas, Oct. 19, 2024