LSU’s defense might get better, it might get worse.

But, personnel-wise at least, what you see now is likely what you’re going to get this season.

The Tigers have gotten important and often impressive contributions from several new faces seeing more and more action, most notably true freshmen Whit Weeks at linebacker and De’Shawn Womack at defensive end, along with transfer Jordan Jefferson at defensive tackle and Ashton Stamps in the secondary.

There are others.

But head coach Brian Kelly said he doesn’t expect many, if any, more newcomers to be on the field much.

“There’s not another guy that (we’d say) let’s take the redshirt off of him or another guy that’s going to get into the rotation,” he said. “You might see some (backup) players playing a little more, but the group of guys that we have out there, we’ll just have to wait and see.

“I think there’s other tweaks that we can do defensively to see that we get guys in the right position and let them influence the game accordingly.”

Weeks has been among the Tigers’ top tacklers while starting the last two games at linebacker in place of injured Omar Speights.

Kelly intimated that Jefferson, a 6-foot-4, 317-pound transfer from West Virginia, might see more time moving from the end spot over to nose guard when the Tigers play three down linemen.

“He can do a lot of things,” Kelly said of Jefferson. “Plays with a lot of physicality. I think he’ll make a difference for us.”

Womack, who had a sack and two other tackles against Arkansas, is more of a work in progress, Kelly said.

“We’re getting him on the field in our dime package and our nickel package,” Kelly said, “because he can rush the passer. I’m confident you can see more of him, but let’s tap the brakes a little bit. He’s not ready for a starting position yet, but he’s going to definitely going to help our defense.

“It’s a process. Everybody wants to make a superstar out of these the first time (they play) but he’s going to be a really good player.”

— HONORS: LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels was named the Southeastern Conference co-Offensive Player of the Week for a second consecutive week on Monday. The only other Tiger to ever win it back to back was Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow in 2019. Daniels leads the SEC in total offense (530 ypg) and Daniels is the league’s individual leader.

— INJURY REPORT: It couldn’t be much better for the Tigers. “We don’t have anybody now that we would list as anything but probable for the game,” Kelly said. Presumably that means Speights will be back.

— ROUGHED UP: Kelly obviously disagreed with the third-down roughing-the-passer call on linebacker Harold Perkins Jr., against Arkansas’ K.J. Jefferson that set up Arkansas’ tying touchdown on Saturday. “There was no blow to the head,” he said after the game. “There was no blow to the neck area. He (the referee) said he thought it was unnecessary. My response was, ‘He’s 252 pounds, you try to tackle him.’ You can’t put a rope out there.” Kelly sent the tape into the SEC head of officials for an explanation, but indicated Monday he hadn’t heard back. When he does, it’s not likely he’ll comment on it anyway.

— TUBING: LSU will gets its second 11 a.m. game of the season when it travels to Missouri next week. The game will be televised on ESPN.

— BROOKS UPDATE: Kelly said he planned to visit Greg Brooks in the hospital late Monday, but said the safety was recovering well from his surgery almost two weeks ago to remove a brain tumor. “He needs rest, he needs to recover,” Kelly said. “A lot of people want to go there and it takes a lot of his energy away from him. He’s starting to make the kind of recovery doctors want.”