West Weeks

Draft-Week Buzz

• 2026-03-23 [YouTube] — West Weeks participates at LSU Pro Day
• 2026-04-01 [YouTube] — West Weeks runs 4.5-sec 40yd dash at LSU Pro Day

Buzz items pulled from beat-writer reports, ESPN/NFL.com transactions, Pro Day recaps, and verified Top 30 visit reports in the 30 days leading into the 2026 NFL Draft. Each linked headline goes to the original source. See our full draft-week news tab for cross-prospect timeline.

Background

LSU LB from Chattanooga (TN); Virginia transfer — son of former NFL LB Ashlee Weeks.

College Production

2021-24 UVA: 180+ career tackles as starter. 2025 LSU: SEC rotational 50+ tackles.

Scouting Take

NFL pedigree + plus diagnostician. Athletic profile modest; take-on strength below average.

Draft Projection

UDFA. Depth LB / STer.

Sources

• ESPN Player Page
• Wikipedia
• 247Sports Profile

Our scouting profile is assembled from these primary sources + cross-checked against ESPN (Kiper / Reid / Miller), PFF's 2026 Big Board, Dane Brugler's The Beast 2026, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50. See our full methodology and citations.

Day 2 / Day 3 Team Fits

NFL teams that lost a same-position veteran this offseason — and could target West Weeks as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

• REPORTED New York Giants: moved on from Bobby Okereke (MIKE-LB).
  Picks held: R1 #5; R2 #37
• REPORTED Cincinnati Bengals: moved on from Akeem Davis-Gaither (slot-LB).
  Picks held: R1 #10; R2 #41
• REPORTED Chicago Bears: moved on from Tremaine Edmunds (MIKE-LB).
  Picks held: R1 #25; R2 #57; R2 #60 via Buffalo

Confidence: "VERIFIED" departures cite a publication URL (Spotrac, OverTheCap, ESPN, NFL.com, team transactions page) confirming the move and date. "REPORTED" entries come from public free-agency trackers without a single canonical source we could attach. Fits are archetype-and-position based; we are not claiming the team has expressed interest in the prospect.

NFL Scheme Fit

Scheme matches are bucketed from the prospect's height, weight, and (for WRs) archetype tag against a static lookup of which NFL teams currently run each scheme family.

Rookie Contract & Landing-Spot Outlook

Contract band uses the 2026 NFL CBA rookie wage scale projected from the prospect's expected pick range; guarantee % is the slot-default at that pick. Landing-spot best/worst case is derived from TEAMS data (positional needs + scheme overlap minus same-position R1 conflicts) — not a claim that either team has expressed interest.

Versatility, Limits & Roster Pathway

Derived from height/weight against the 2026 position cohort and the prospect's projected round. Versatility callouts identify alternate alignments NFL teams have historically used for similar size profiles. Limiting-trait notes flag the single most-cited measurable concern; severity reflects how often that flag ends a Day 1 starter projection. Roster-pathway notes describe the realistic Year 1 NFL role for Day 3 picks.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

• Frame: Among 2026 LB prospects, his 6-2 / 230 lbs frame sits at the 73rd percentile in height and 69th percentile in weight.
• Position class: West Weeks is LB #17 of 26 ranked LBs in the 2026 class. Of those, 10 are projected in the R7/UDFA range.
• School pipeline: LSU has 2 LBs in the 2026 NFL Draft class (13 total prospects from the school).

Computed factually from the 2026 prospect class roster — height/weight percentiles benchmark this player against every other ranked prospect at the same position. Recruiting arc compares his high-school 247Sports/Rivals composite to his current projected round.

West Weeks’s NFL Archetype: Fred Warner

Fred Warner (San Francisco 49ers)

Closest LB physical profile in the modern NFL: 6-2/230 lbs. Same frame, same role bucket — NOT a talent or career-arc projection.

Note: this is a physical-profile match — frame, position, role bucket. Not a talent or career-arc projection.

Similar Linebacker Prospects

Closest matches to West Weeks (6-2 / 230 lbs, #17 LB) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

• Jack KellySIZE MATCH BYU · 6-2/230 lbs · #15 LB · R7
• Justin JeffersonSIZE MATCH Alabama · 6-2/235 lbs · #14 LB · R6-R7
• Jaden DuggerSIZE MATCH Louisiana · 6-2/230 lbs · #13 LB · R6-R7
• Xavian Sorey Jr.SIZE MATCH Arkansas · 6-3/225 lbs · #20 LB · R7
• Jimmy RolderSIZE MATCH Michigan · 6-2/230 lbs · #11 LB · R5-R6

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LSU & The 2026 Class