Redshirt seen as potential backup: Chris Garrett, who was vying to be LSU’s No. 2 quarterback this season, announced today he is leaving the Tigers. Garrett, a redshirt freshman from Tupelo, Miss., was competing with Jarrett Lee to serve as Jordan Jefferson’s primary backup. Garrett didn’t see any action with the Tigers in 2009. “There are no hard feelings. Chris is a good kid,” says LSU coach Les Miles in a statement released by the athletic department. “We hope he has success wherever he ends up.”
Music for a good cause: A benefit concert for the Murphy family of Lafayette whose children were struck by a car during the family’s visit to South Africa to attend the World Cup will be held in downtown Lafayette July 20. The concert in Parc International will feature performances from Sammy Kershaw, Jamie Bergeron, River Road, Jared Lane and Geno Delafose. The Murphy’s 24-year-old daughter, Nicole, a medical student at LSU Health Science Center in New Orleans, was killed in the accident. Brian Murphy, the son and a sophomore at LSU, is in a South African hospital; and daughter Kellie, a member of the LSU women’s soccer team, suffered a concussion. The proceeds of the concert will help the family meet their medical expenses and travel costs, since it isn’t yet known if their insurance will cover. Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased at Coyote Blues in Baton Rouge and Lafayette and at all Acadiana locations of Popeyes and Pizza Hut. Donations may be made at any Baton Rouge branch of Home Bank for the Murphy Family Support Fund, account number 2057873802.
