LSU’s Ed Orgeron says Kardell Thomas is out for season; Offensive guard underwent ankle surgery

The recovery timeline for LSU’s true freshman Kardell Thomas didn’t look optimistic when he suffered an ankle injury in preseason camp, and Tigers coach Ed Orgeron said Wednesday that the offensive guard will miss the 2019 season.Orgeron addressed the health of the LSU football team at the first weekly call-in show of the season, and he mentioned Thomas was the team’s only season-ending injury.”We’ve had one season-ending injury in Kardell Thomas,” Orgeron said. “An unfortunate accident. Other than that, we’re pretty healthy.”Orgeron said Wednesday that true freshman offensive tackle Thomas Perry also underwent surgery and wouldn’t likely return to play before December. Both players will redshirt this season.The 6-foot-6, 314-pound Perry was the nation’s No. 36 ranked offensive tackle of the 2019 recruiting class, according to 247Sports.Orgeron still held out some hope that perhaps Thomas or Perry could return by the bowl season.”I think they may come back toward the end of the year,” Orgeron said. “Hopefully we can get them in toward the end of the year and play a couple games. Obviously, they’re going to redshirt. Two promising young linemen. It’s unfortunate the accident they had, but I don’t see them playing until December.” How Clyde Edwards-Helaire emerged… Read full this story

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