LSU cornerback Sevyn Banks (1) is carted off the field after being injured in the opening drive in the first half against Auburn, Saturday, October 1, 2022, at Jordan-Hare Stadium on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.

LSU cornerback Sevyn Banks (1) is carted off the field after being injured in the opening drive in the first half against Auburn, Saturday, October 1, 2022, at Jordan-Hare Stadium on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.

Jordan-Hare Stadium went silent as LSU's Sevyn Banks remained on the ground, not moving, after delivering a helmet-first hit on the opening kickoff.

Banks was carted off in a stretcher, and by halftime, he was back in the locker room with a neck brace, with movement in his extremities. LSU coach Brian Kelly had more news on Banks at the media conference on Monday.

"The diagnosis is a spinal cord bruise, which puts him similar to Major Burns’ situation, where there was a bruise, nothing else though, no structural issues," Kelly said. "That’s probably going to take 5-6 weeks before we get him back. Now, Major burns starts running today, he’ll be outside running with us. Next week, he’ll begin football non-contact drills with us. So there will be a similar protocol and procedure provided there’s no setbacks along the way."

Burns was sidelined for the New Mexico game on Sept. 25. Kelly announced after that he would be out the next 3-6 weeks with an upper neck injury.

Among other players absent from the Oct. 1 game against Auburn were runnnig back Armoni Goodwin and offensive guard Garrett Dellinger. Kelly announced that Goodwin will miss 4-6 weeks with a torn hamstring during his radio show last Thursday.

Dellinger, who had surgery on his left hand last week, will return to practice this week, according to Kelly. He will remain the team's backup center to Charles Turner, a position LSU was thin at last week against Auburn.

Had Turner gone down against Auburn, Kelly said the team would've been in some trouble. After Dellinger, Fitzgerald West, a true freshman, was next in line at center. This is despite moving West to the defensive line. But West was under concussion protocol against Auburn.

In the event Dellinger is out again at center, though, Kelly said West will remain the third-string center.

Quarterback Jayden Daniels also exited the game against Auburn in the fourth quarter with knee pain in the bursa sac, a cushioned fluid-filled area that helps stabilize tendons, muscles and bones in joints, but Kelly said he had no structural damage after the game. He reiterated that again on Monday.

"Daniels is fine, he had a bursa sac... but it’s not structural at all," Kelly said. "It’s painful, and so he was in pain and it felt like he was hurting the team from being out there. But he felt good yesterday, the exam was clean, we did an MRI just to make sure and that came back clean, so now he’s in a pretty good position where he feels like he is 100%."

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