Greg Brooks made eye contact, recognized coach Brian Kelly at hospital visit, Kelly said
BATON ROUGE — LSU football safety Greg Brooks Jr. recognized coach Brian Kelly and could make eye contact with Kelly when he visited Brooks in the hospital on Monday, Kelly said Wednesday on his weekly teleconference.
Brooks has been recovering from emergency brain surgery to remove a tumor prior to LSU's matchup against Mississippi State in Week 3.
"He was going through a heavy rehab that day. He was up on his feet and moving around," Kelly said. "But still, there's a long journey here for him. But it's great to see that he's making that progress."
Both LSU and Arkansas wore No. 3 stickers on their helmets in honor of Brooks during Saturday's Week 4 matchup between the Tigers and Razorbacks. Brooks played at Arkansas for three seasons before transferring to LSU in 2022.
Arkansas coach Sam Pittman also visited Brooks in the hospital on the morning of the game.
"We love him," Pittman said on his weekly teleconference Wednesday. "It was something I wanted to do and wanted to show the family the respect they deserve."
Brooks' surgery occurred after the safety had vertigo on Wednesday before LSU's game against Mississippi State. The dizziness prompted Brooks to have an MRI which revealed the tumor in his head.
Brooks had dealt with vertigo during preseason practices.
No. 12 LSU squares off against Ole Miss in Oxford on Saturday (5 p.m., ESPN).
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Koki Riley covers LSU sports for The Daily Advertiser. Email him at kriley@theadvertiser.com and follow him on Twitter at @KokiRiley
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