LSU has bolstered its defense for the 2023 season by adding transfer linebacker from Oregon State Omar Speights, a first-team All-Pac-12 selection last fall, sources told ESPN.
Speights, who led a much-improved Beavers defense with 83 tackles in 2022, entered the transfer portal last week. The Philadelphia native has recorded 308 career tackles with the Beavers, including 25 for loss and five sacks, to go along with three interceptions and three fumble recoveries.
He started six games as a true rookie in 2019 and became a full-time starter the following season. The 6-foot-1 Speights also earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 sophomore honors in 2020.
LSU has been active in the transfer portal for the second consecutive winter and has added other notable defensemen such as Texas point guard 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 first reported LSU’s addition of Speights.
