True freshman quarterback TJ Finley will start in place of the injured Myles Brennan for LSU's home game against South Carolina on Saturday, Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron told reporters Thursday.
Finley beat fellow freshman Max Johnson for starting honors after the two split first-team reps in practice following Brennan's Oct. 10 injury, per Geaux 247's Shea Dixon. Neither player has taken a snap for LSU.
Brennan played three quarters in the team's last game, against Missouri, with a partially torn abdomen muscle, per Brody Miller of The Athletic, who received the news from Brennan's father, Owen.