LSU Football Adds Surprising Name to Availability Report Ahead of Vanderbilt Matchup

No. 10 LSU (5-1, 2-1 SEC) will square off against the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday for a Top-20 SEC showdown at FirstBank Stadium.

After getting back on track in Week 7 against the South Carolina Gamecocks, Brian Kelly and Co. will enter Week 8 against the Commodores with an opportunity to carry the momentum.

"I'd rather be a team that starts to heat up late than heats up early on, and I'm really excited to see those guys really continuing to mesh now and growing," LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier said.

"I think we're going in the right direction, which is what matters. And so hopefully by the time it gets to crunch time, we're ready to go."

Ahead of the Top-20 matchup in Nashville, the initial SEC Availability Report has been revealed with the LSU Tigers adding multiple players on Wednesday.

LSU Tigers Football: Garrett Nussmeier. — Courtesy of LSU Tigers Football.

A look into the first availability report of the week:

No. 10 LSU Tigers

WR Aaron Anderson – PROBABLE
DE Jimari Butler – QUESTIONABLE
DL Bernard Gooden – DOUBTFUL
OL Paul Mubenga – PROBABLE
DE Gabriel Reliford – OUT
LB Whit Weeks – QUESTIONABLE

No. 17 Vanderbilt Commodores

LB Jamison Curtis – OUT
QB Drew Dickey – OUT
RB Chase Gillespie – OUT
DB Vanzale Hinton – OUT
DL Nikhil Jefferson – QUESTIONABLE
CB Marlon Jones – DOUBTFUL
S Brail Lipford – DOUBTFUL
DL Yilanan Ouattara – DOUBTFUL
LB Langston Patterson – PROBABLE
DL Linus Zunk – QUESTIONABLE

Garrett Nussmeier's Take: Healthier, Swagger-Filled Version Coming Soon

"Just everything that I was kind of going through in the first couple weeks was obviously very frustrating. I think I let it get to me a little bit, just a feeling of helplessness at times, a lot of frustration," Nussmeier said on Tuesday.

"So now, just having fun playing football and trying to get back to that, just being me and playing the game that I love. I think I lost that for a minute there in frustration. Coach challenged me with that, to be myself and to bring that swagger back. So I'm just gonna continue to try and keep doing that."

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