LSU’s No. 18 jersey has been awarded for the 2019 season.

But it comes with a twist.

LSU junior center Lloyd Cushenberry and junior outside linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson have both been awarded the No. 18 for the upcoming season, giving the Tigers a selection on both offense and defense.

With offensive linemen unable to wear the No. 18, Cushenberry will wear a patch on his jersey signifying his No. 18 selection. Chaisson will move from his No. 4 jersey into No. 18.

The No. 18 jersey has been previously worn by tight end Foster Moreau, fullback JD Moore, defensive end Christian LaCouture, cornerback Tre’Davious White, running back Terrence Magee, linebacker Lamin Barrow, defensive tackle Bennie Logan, defensive back Brandon Taylor, running back Richard Murphy, tight end Richard Dickson, running back Jacob Hester and quarterback Matt Mauck.

Chaisson is primed for a big junior season after suffering a season-ending injury one year ago in the season opener against Miami, though he made five tackle and logged a sack before going down. As a freshman the year prior, Chaisson played in 12 games with three starts, finishing the year with 27 tackles and two sacks.

Now, expectations are that a healthy Chaisson - who was a five-star on 247Sports coming out of the North Shore in Houston - will be able to pick up where he left off in the Miami game, and then some. His teammates have talked up his offseason progress as being more than impressive, and a big year for Chaisson at the outside linebacker spot could push the Tigers a long way towards booking a ticket to the SEC Championship in Atlanta.

Cushenberry, who was one of three players taken with LSU to SEC Media Days last month, is the team’s starter at center for the second year in a row. He started all 13 games a year ago, finishing second among the linemen in total snaps with 973 - missing just eight total snaps on the year. In his career, Cushenberry has played in 24 games with 13 starts.

As a redshirt freshman the year prior, he played in 11 games, including six games on the offensive line. By season’s end, he had logged 100 snaps in his first season on the field, and he played a career-high 59 snaps in a win over Texas A&M on a night where the offense posted more than 600 total yards.

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