If you love Louisiana, it will love you back.
Coming out of high school, Whit Weeks was a star in the Georgia circuit. He was ranked the 10th-best player in Georgia and the 11th-best linebacker in the nation.
He already had a connection in his home state with the University of Georgia since his father, David Weeks, had played with the Bulldogs. Yet, Whit decided that he wanted to come play for LSU.
“One of the big reasons was my older brother [West] was already here,” Weeks said, “but then besides that, when I came down here, I always tell everybody it was the people, the place, and the football.