LSU’s Maason Smith tears ACL; done for season

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU sophomore defensive tackle Maason Smith suffered a torn ACL against Florida St. and will miss the rest of the season, head coach Brian Kelly confirmed on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Brody Miller with The Athletic first reported about the injury.

#LSU defensive tackle Maason Smith has a torn ACL and will miss the season, source confirms to @TheAthletic. @Julie_Boudwin first.

Smith was set to have his national breakout year this fall, but injured his knee on the first series of the season. Awful news.
— Brody Miller (@BrodyAMiller) September 5, 2022

Smith injured his knee in the first quarter against Florida State when he jumped up to celebrate a tackle-for-loss. It’s a big blow to the Tiger defensive line and there were high expectations heading into the season for the star tackle.