Much has changed for Jackson State football coach T.C. Taylor. With the experience of his first season as a head coach in hand, he has a much better idea of what to expect.
That includes what to expect from the Blue and White spring game at 3 p.m. Saturday at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. The 2023 game had a lot of chaos. The weather was downright miserable with a steady drizzle, attendance was low and it was evident the team was a mass of new players and coaches learning their roles.
Not so this season. Taylor was able to recruit for need and not deal with replacing 60 players and almost an entire coaching staff.
Here are three things to watch in the spring game:
Who’s calling the plays for Jackson State football’s offense
It will be interesting to watch how Taylor and the offensive coaches work in the game-like conditions.
Maurice Harris and Jason Onyebuagu, the co-coordinators in 2023, have left for positions at Auburn and South Alabama, respectively. According to the Jackson State football website, no coach on the 2024 staff is listed as offensive coordinator. The Tigers also lost quarterbacks coach Quinn Billerman to Austin Peay.
In 2023, Jackson State led the Southwestern Athletic Conference in total offense with 389.4 yards per game, and scored 27.3 points per game, which was fourth in the SWAC. The spring game could show whether it’s more likely to see a step forward or a step back on offense in 2024.
Taylor could call the plays in the spring game. He is not new to the role; he was the offensive coordinator for Jackson State in 2021 and held that role at North Carolina Central (2014-18).
But Taylor has never been an offensive coordinator and head coach at the same time. This will give Taylor a chance to see if he can be a CEO coach and game manager at the same time.
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Author : The Clarion Ledger
Publish date : 2024-04-05 10:05:28
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