Jacobian Guillory injury update: LSU DT to miss remainder of season

LSU defensive tackle Jacobian Guillory is expected to miss the remainder of the 2024 season, per The Bengal Tiger’s Matthew Brune. Guillory has reportedly suffered a torn Achilles tendon.

Guillory went down with the injury in the first quarter of LSU’s 44-21 win over Nicholls on Saturday. He was helped off the field and placed in a boot on the sidelines before being rolled off the field in a wheelchair.

Before suffering the injury, Guillory recorded one tackle in the game. The 2024 campaign would’ve been Guillory’s fifth season with the Tigers. Last year, Guillory played in all 13 games for LSU, making one start. He finished the year with 27 tackles and 2 quarterback hurries.

He entered this season with 51 tackles, two tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks. Guillory’s injury is only the latest bad news for LSU. This past week, the program announced starting running back John Emery Jr. will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL.

Another injury for LSU

Emery initially came to LSU before head coach Brian Kelly arrived. He played in 37 games coming into the year and spent five years at LSU. He has 1,062 career rushing yards and 14 career rushing touchdowns. He also has 36 receptions for 320 yards and two touchdowns on his career.

Last November, Emery suffered a torn ACL that cut his season short. Since then, he had opportunities to transfer out of LSU and hit the restart button. Instead, with the offer for him to stay at LSU, Emery decided it was best to return for 2024.

“I think the third thing was that he really did an incredible job rehabbing from the injury. Like compliance-wise. He was very committed to playing again. Like, if he was kind of so, so about playing — he was committed. He was gonna play,” Kelly said.

“So, when we added all that up, it just and Frank and I talked about it, said, ‘Look, we’ve got a kid here that a lot of things didn’t go his way, some of it was self-inflicted but he’s really shown that he wants to do this one more time.’ So, we sat down. We thought about it and we offered him the opportunity, and he had other offers out there and he felt like this was the best opportunity and we’re glad he’s back.”

Now, Emery will only be able to cheer on the Tigers from the sidelines this season, along with Jacobian Guillory.