Three Takeaways From Mississippi State Football’s Saturday Scrimmage

Mississippi State soccer has been exhausting at work this offseason because the Bulldogs put together to tackle what’s been often known as the hardest schedule within the nation forward of the 2022 season.

The Bulldogs scrimmaged once more on Saturday, making some strides and looking out notably improved on offense whereas nonetheless reflecting some want for progress.

This is a glance into three issues we took away from Saturday.

1. Higher day for the kickers.

The Bulldogs have been inconsistent at placekicker final season and it was among the many precedence areas of concern coming into the offseason. Whereas issues nonetheless have not been completely excellent on the place forward of the autumn, there’s some cause for optimism.

After ending a mixed 5-of-9 on kicking makes an attempt within the earlier scrimmage, Bulldogs placekicker Massimo Biscardi was excellent on all three of his makes an attempt with a protracted of 43 yards. Bulldogs kickers mixed to go 5-of-6 on Saturday.

Contemplating particular groups has been one thing of a problem for the workforce previously, the mixture of Biscardi, Ben Raybon and Jordan Kennedy is one thing to control.

2. Competitors stays throughout the secondary.

The Bulldogs had a stable pair of cornerbacks final season in Martin Emerson Jr. and Emmanuel Forbes, although solely the latter participant stays on the roster with Emerson already making good headway with the Cleveland Browns within the NFL preseason.

Between having Forbes nonetheless within the fold and what has been proven by Decameron Richardson, Esias Fudge and Marcus Banks, there would not appear to be a lot concern about the place the group is depth-wise.

Security has been a place battle to observe, and it is nonetheless a detailed battle that has gone backwards and forwards between Corey Ellington and Jalen Inexperienced.

“They’re combating it out. I believe Jalen Inexperienced somewhat higher day at the moment, however I believe it is aggressive. That is the important thing, is that we’ve sufficient guys throughout the secondary in order that it is aggressive.”

Whereas each gamers took first-team reps on Saturday, Inexperienced received the higher a part of them. It is going to be attention-grabbing to see how these gamers proceed to separate themselves transferring ahead.

3. There’s work to do, however the offense confirmed general enchancment.

MSU has hit some tough patches offensively all through fall camp, with a whole lot of concern surrounding dropped passes by receivers. That is one thing the workforce seems to be cleansing up steadily that wasn’t fairly as a lot of a problem on Saturday.

Rufus Harvey, a participant who flashed final season and has proven constant improvement, was among the many highlights Saturday. He completed out the scrimmage with three receptions for 62 yards with two touchdowns, almost including a 3rd rating that he fell simply in need of.

Junior quarterback Will Rogers accomplished 6-of-13 passes for 86 yards with one landing and one interception. Projected backup Sawyer Robertson accomplished 8-of-15 passes for 66 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Daniel Greek and Probability Lovertich additionally noticed some motion as Greek went 2-of-9 passing for 30 yards and one landing whereas Lovertich was 9-of-13 passing for 82 yards with one landing.

“I assumed they have been first rate,” Leach stated of the quarterback performances. “Their good performs have been good and I assumed we did a fairly good job spreading out the dangerous performs.”

Whereas enhancements have been gradual, Leach views Saturday’s general workforce efficiency as a step in the precise route.

“I assumed it was aggressive. I assumed we had good vitality. We weren’t excellent, we have got a lot to work on. However I assumed it was a fairly good, balanced scrimmage.”