LSU defensive end Christian LaCouture's much-anticipated senior season is over before it started.A 23-game starter who spurned the NFL to return to LSU, LaCouture is out for Jimmy Smith Jersey the season after he tore an anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in a non-contact drill Sunday, , citing confirmation from an unidentified source. Kenny Young Jersey MORE: | The 300-pounder was expected tostart at end but also could shift to nose tackleinnew defensive coordinator Dave Aranda's three-man front, but now theTigers' defensive line is inshufflemode a month before LSU, ranked No. 6 in the preseason coaches poll,opensagainst unranked Wisconsin at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.LaCouture, who graduated last week, hasn't used his redshirt season, so Nick Boyle Jersey he could conceivably come back in 2017 to prove his health to the NFL as Mark Ingram II Jersey a fifth-year senior.On the bright side, Tuesday that340-pound defensive linemanTravonte Valentine, the No. 1 junior-college tackle in the nation in therecruiting cla s of 2016, has been cleared to practice with the Tigers 13 months after being dismi sed from LSU for violating team rules Ben Powers Jersey .According to The Advocate, he'll join a rotation that likely will include LaCouture's backup at end, Frank Herron and nose tackle Davon Godchaux, as well as highly touted newcomers Rashard Lawrence and Ed Alexander.