On Friday afternoon, Harold Perkins announced his return to LSU for the 2025 season, forgoing the 2025 NFL Draft.
The former freshman All-American simply stated “I’m Back” in his return announcement video, but over the weekend, LSU’s media spoke with head coach Brian Kelly and a select group of seniors on the roster to lay out the impact of Perkins’ return and what it means for the program in 2025.
For head coach Brian Kelly, it’s another significant offseason splash for his team and allows the defense to have even more options next season.
“It puts us in a position now to add another athlete to our defense,” Kelly said. “We’ve been very aggressive with building our roster. You add another player like that to our defense and it allows Blake to do some things defensively that will only enhance who we are.
“We’re in the early stages of that discussion [of his role for next year]. Harold has a really good sense for where he wants to be and we’re in alignment with that, but we’re going to let that play out after we finish off the roster, then it will be a lot clearer as to where that fits. It’s going to enhance who he is as a player.”
After missing the final eight games of the season with a significant knee injury, Perkins has been rehabbing, looking to get back to full capacity by the start of fall camp and, hopefully, well before that.
The seniors on the team have seen Perkins grow as a player and person in his three years at LSU and now expect him toi take the next step forward in his development in 2025.
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