Whit Weeks says relationship with Lane Kiffin – his girlfriend's dad – hasn't changed at LSU
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Whit Weeks insists nothing has changed in his relationship with Lane Kiffin since the former Ole Miss coach took over at LSU seven months ago.
Kiffin, of course, is also the father of Weeks' girlfriend, Landry Kiffin.
The Tigers linebacker addressed the topic at SEC Media Days on Thursday, July 23, in Tampa, saying his relationship with Kiffin off the field doesn't "affect anything in the football building" down in Baton Rouge.
"It hasn’t affected my relationship with him at all," Weeks said. "I know that when we go into that building, everyone in our building has the same mindset and same goals. When you're in that building, you’re there for work. We like to have a lot of fun up there, too, but at the end of the day it is work."
He added: "Whenever we leave, it’s cool because he’s my girlfriend’s dad. It is what it is when we’re outside the building hanging out and cutting up. It’s cool but it doesn’t affect anything in the football building."
Weeks' relationship with Kiffin's daughter was put into the public eye just ahead of last year's edition of the Magnolia Bowl rivalry in Oxford at Vaught Hemingway Stadium through a social media post.
"Whit is an awesome kid and comes from a great family," Kiffin said last September on his daughter's relationship with Weeks, according to the Clarion Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network. "I'm glad those two are happy together. It has nothing to do with the game itself. It's a really great family."
Kiffin addressed the relationship between Weeks and his daughter further, meeting with members of "SEC Now" in Tampa:
"You probably think I think about it more than I do. I really don't. It is what it is," Kiffin said. "It's funny if we go back to the beginning of it. Whit Week's dad and Kirby Smart played together at Georgia. So when this first starts happening and Landry tells me about it, I call Kirby. … He's like, 'It's an amazing family. This kid's great.'
"So I then called (Brian Kelly), I gotta do some research. BK is like, 'I tell you what. If there was ever a player that I'd want to date my daughter, this is who it is.' So I did some background through some coaches to research him. Kind of like getting ready for the draft."
Weeks is embarking on his fourth season at LSU and does so as one of the top defensive players on Kiffin's roster this season. He finished with 31 tackles (three for a loss) and a sack in eight games last season before missing the last five games due to a lower leg injury.
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