BATON ROUGE — With safety Grant Delpit and offensive tackle Austin Deculus nursing injuries, LSU will sit the two starters against Arkansas, head coach Ed Orgeron said Thursday night. With Delpit out, it opens the door for true freshman Maurice Hampton to make his first career start for the Tigers.

"It looks like Austin Deculus and Grant Delpit will be out for the game. As of right now they're not planing on playing. Other than that we should be fine," Orgeron said at his final press conference of the week. "I think Mo Hampton's going to start. We'll let Mo Hampton start and he's been doing very well. Coach Busch is very pleased with his progress so we're going to let him go."

Hampton, a Memphis, Tenn. native, signed with LSU football and baseball coming out of Memphis University School as an Under Armour All-American. The 6-0, 205-pound two-sport star was the No. 129 overall prospect in the country, No. 14 cornerback in the nation and No. 1 player in Tennessee, according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite.

Orgeron said Hampton still has a chance to redshirt, being that it's his first game action of the season, but he's developed over the course of the year. With injuries and a transfer this season, Hampton has moved up the depth chart.

"He's developed obviously. He came in. There wasn't a lot of room back, but with the injuries, he's moved up on the charts," Orgeron said. "He's able to do the things that we expect him to do at safety. Very good athlete, we knew he was gonna be a great player. I think it was a matter of his time and learning the system."

With Deculus out and starting left tackle Saahdiq Charles expected to sit once again due to a "coach's decision," the LSU offensive line will have the same look it did this past weekend in Oxford, Miss., when the Tigers rolled up 58 points on the Rebels. Adrian Magee will start at left tackle with Badara Traore at right tackle. Along the interior, Ed Ingram will man the left guard spot with Lloyd Cushenberry and Damien Lewis at their normal center and right guard starting roles.

"Next man up, put 11 men of the field, fight like Tigers. I thought Badara and Adrian played well. It builds depth on the offensive line. As you know this time we're gonna have injuries. I thought James Cregg has done a tremendous job of coaching our line this year," Orgeron explained. "I think the leadership, I think protecting Joe, yards rushing (stood out). Obviously the big games that we won the great defensive line that they played and they handled themselves very well."

LSU and Arkansas kick off Saturday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN on Saturday.