Sources: LSU includes OSU transfer LB Speights

LSU has boosted its defense for the 2023 season by including Oregon State transfer linebacker Omar Speights, a first-team All-Pac-12 selection last fall, sources informed ESPN.Speights, who led a much-improved Beavers defense with 83 deals with in 2022, got in the transfer website recently. The Philadelphia native recorded 308 profession takes on with the Beavers, including 25 for loss and 5 sacks, to go along with three interceptions and three fumble recoveries.He started six games as a real freshman in 2019 and became

a full-time starter the following season. The 6-foot-1 Speights also earned honorable reference All-Pac-12 honors as a sophomore in 2020. LSU has been active in the transfer portal for the second straight winter, and included

other noteworthy protectors such as Texas edge rush Ovie Oghoufo, Texas A&M cornerback Denver Harris, Syracuse cornerback Duce Chestnut, West Virginia lineman Jordan Jefferson and Ohio State cornerback JK Johnson.WAFB-TV initially reported LSU’s addition of Speights.