The LSU football schedule begins the season on September 1st, a Sunday. The Tigers will face the USC Trojans in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium. The game will be watched by many fans.

Jayden Daniels and a lot of other talent left Baton Rouge in the offseason, so there are questions about how the Tigers will fare in 2024. Before the opening game, LSU head coach Brian Kelly gave a general injury update that was quite encouraging (h/t Kaiden Smith if On3).

“From an injury standpoint, one player is questionable and that’s Chris Hilton. He has a bone bruise, he’s working on it, but he’s listed in that category today,” Kelly said. “It would probably be (Miles) Frazier, our offensive guard. Those are the two that would show up on our injury report for this week right now.”

This is relatively good news regarding LSU’s injury situation ahead of a big showdown with the Trojans.

Chris Hilton is expected to be an important part of the LSU offense

With Brian Thomas Jr. and Malik Nabers headed to the NFL, Hilton is widely expected to be a major contributor to Brian Kelly’s program this season. The junior has only 18 catches for 278 yards and one touchdown in two seasons in Baton Rouge.

However, he only played two games as a rookie and seven games last year, which put him on the unranked list. Now Hilton should be a big target for new starting quarterback Garrett Nussmeier.

Hilton is officially listed as questionable by Kelly, but he still has time to prepare for Sunday’s game against the Trojans. LSU faces Nicholls in Week 2 before traveling to South Carolina and wrapping up non-conference play with games against UCLA and South Alabama.

Matt Wadleigh is the senior NCAA football and NCAA basketball editor for ClutchPoints and also specializes in MLB and NFL coverage. Matt was born and raised in Oceanside and attended Fresno State before writing sports reports for FanSided, Sportscasting and Trojans Wire.