LSU sophomore linebacker Kendell  Beckwith said Monday he’s good to play against No. 3 Ole Miss this weekend after taking a jarring hit late in the third quarter of Saturday’s game against Kentucky.
The hit occurred during a three-yard carry by sophomore Patrick Towles when the quarterback changed directions, leading to Beckwith getting blind sided. Beckwith said he’d given out similar punishing hits, but Saturday was the first time he was on the receiving end.
“Karma is something else,” Beckwith said.
Beckwith took a concussion test on the sideline after the hit, which he said he passed.
“I never had a headache or was out of my mind or didn’t know where I was or anything like that,” Beckwith said. “I just told them, ‘I’m good. Just let me be.’”
Adams advised White on punt return touchdown
Freshman safety Jamal Adams delivered a punishing block of his own on sophomore cornerback Tre’Davious White’s 67-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter, but the block wasn’t the only influence Adams had on the scoring play.
On White’s return prior to the touchdown, Adams tried to wave him over to the right side. White said Adams told him on the sideline the right side is open for the return, and that’s exactly what White did on the touchdown.
“I went back and watched the first punt that I took for 15 yards, and it could’ve been another touchdown if I had just went outside [like he tried to show me],” White said. “He was right. I did it the next time, and he made a big block like he said he would and I ran it for the touchdown.”
 
Neal recovered squib kickoff
White’s punt return wasn’t LSU special teams’ only big play of the game. With 44 seconds remaining in the first half, sophomore kicker Trent Domingue kicked a bouncing ball down the middle of the field.
Once the ball trickled past the first few lines of the Kentucky kickoff return team, sophomore Lewis Neal said he knew he had an opportunity to recover it.
“I hustled down there, and when I saw that ball make that second bounce, I knew I could get it,” Neal said. “I just had to beat one man and the returner to the ball and that’s what I did.”
Delahoussaye laughs off hitting  the upright
The squib kick recover led to a 35-yard field goal from sophomore kicker Colby Delahoussaye to give LSU a 27-3 halftime lead, but it wasn’t an ordinary field goal. The ball clanged off the left upright but still went through.
Delahoussaye said he had never done that before in a game, but those types of kicks happen all the time in practice, including one that happened just last week. He added the wind was partially to
blame.
“The wind was so tricky … in the second quarter,” Delahoussaye said. “I was just hoping it would stay true. Then I saw it start to curve and I was like, ‘Man this is going to be close.’”
Luckily for Delahoussaye and the Tigers, it went in. The kicker said all he could do
was laugh.
“I just broke a smile,” Delahoussaye said. “You can’t do anything but smile with that.”
Offensive line prepares for Ole Miss
The LSU offensive line has been heralded the past two weeks for their turnaround against Florida and Kentucky, but they will face one of the nation’s best defensive fronts this week against Ole Miss.
Junior offensive lineman Vadal Alexander said he remembers the Rebels’ tenacity from last season’s matchup.
“They play with great game speed,” Alexander said. “They’re a very athletic front, and their secondary is very good as well. I just know that we’re going to have to come prepared.”
Senior center Elliott Porter said since sophomore Ethan Pocic has taken over at right guard, he can feel the improvement in the offensive line’s play.
“You want your best players on the field,” Porter said. “Ethan is definitely one of our best players. We’re glad the chemistry is coming together, and it’s going to keep on coming and keep on getting better and we’re going to keep on improving.”