Blackwell’s injury puts pressure on LSU offensive line
One snap in the new season for the LSU offense, things took a dramatic and abrupt turn.
Sophomore right guard Will Blackwell hit the ground on a routine running play and didn’t get up.
So in the blink of an eye, the already rebuilt offensive line had to shuffle.
Unexpectedly, the player LSU coaches sent out to fill the void was junior T-Bob Hebert, the former starting center.
Well, unexpected to everybody except Hebert.
“I kind of expected that if one of the guards went down, my number would be called,” Hebert said. “I talked to (offensive line coach Greg Studrawa) during camp and before the game and let him know, if somebody did go down, that I felt confident I could fill in for them on either side.”
Hebert spent the rest of the night at right guard, except for one third-quarter series, and held up reasonably well. He said he lined up at guard for a handful of practice snaps in fall camp, but had never played the spot in a game.
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