Harold Perkins Tears ACL, Expected To Jump To NFL

Harold Perkins Tears ACL, Expected To Jump To NFL

You have probably seen the last of Harold Perkins in an LSU uniform. The star pass rusher, turned linebacker, has suffered a torn ACL in this past week’s win over UCLA. The expectation is that Perkins will make the jump to the NFL.

Brian Kelly gave a statement on what the injury means to the program.

“Let’s call it as it is,” Kelly said as he described Perkins as “gifted enough” to play as a traditional linebacker and cover a receiver as effectively as some defensive backs could.

“We don’t have any of those guys hanging around the locker room, other than one,” Kelly said.

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Perkins, 20, has been a freak on the field pretty much since day one. As a freshman, Perkins notched  7.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and an interception. Perkins was a five star coming out of the state of Texas. Guys like that usually don’t just return to college football for the sake of doing so once they’re draft eligible.

The expectation is that Perkins will make the jump to the NFL but Kelly was forced to give a political answer to the question because he has to and the mainstream media isn’t smart enough to get the right answer out of him.

“It’s way too soon for for him to or his family to have made any kind of declaration, whether this is his last game or not. I think they’re just trying to get a hold of the surgery and the rehab associated with it,” Kelly said. “He’ll take all that into consideration. And then when it’s time to make a decision, he’ll make a decision. Certainly, has plenty of time before he has to make that decision.”

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