Brian Kelly’s ‘terrible’ reaction to Harold Perkins injury

The LSU football team picked up another win on Saturday at home against UCLA, but it wasn’t all good for the Tigers. Junior linebacker Harold Perkins went down with an injury against the Bruins, and LSU head coach Brian Kelly confirmed that it was an ACL tear, and Perkins will be out for the remainder of the season.

LSU football head coach Brian Kelly didn’t have a ton of updates to share about the injury as there are still some details that he doesn’t know, but he does know that Harold Perkins will have to miss the rest of the season. Perkins is one of the best players on this LSU defense, so this hurts a lot.

“Obviously the one thing that we’re not excited about is the injury that a lot of you saw that was out there on social media,” Brain Kelly said, according to an article from On3. “Harold Perkins will be lost for the season with a significant knee injury. We’re not certain about the specifics relative to time and place for surgery but looks to be an ACL injury. And again, more details relative to that I can’t get into right now.”

The Tigers will need someone to step up in the place of Perkins. Injuries are part of the game in football, and they are always unfortunate to see. Kelly is feeling for Perkins right now.

“Certainly an injury that we feel terrible about, especially for Harold and the work that he’s done to put himself in a great position,” Kelly said. “Look, you lose players all the time. You just feel terrible for them individually, because of all the work and time they put in. We’ll have somebody else step up, like we have this year, right.”