Mike Leach evaluates MSU's ongoing battle along right side of offensive line

Mike Leach believes there’s potential for success along the right side of the Mississippi State offensive line.

The main options for the Bulldogs have been Albert Reese and Kameron Jones battling it out, and Leach spoke on their progress ahead of the 2022 season.

“I think he’s a good lineman, we’re just trying to figure out between him and Kam, who’s best at guard, who’s best at tackle,” stated Leach, regarding Reese. “Just trying to fine-tune which position’s best for him. I do think they’re both going to play, and I think they’re both right side guys.”

While Jones has worked at tackle in the past, a majority of his work has come from the guard position at Mississippi State. Time will tell who Mike Leach chooses to play which position, but both Albert Reese and Kameron Jones have made their impression on their coach.

Mike Leach identifies which position group is in serious need of developing toughness

Aside from quarterback, there may not be a position more important in Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach‘s air raid offense than the receiver position. But after the Bulldog’s first scrimmage of fall camp, Leach wanted to see more out of his wide receiver group in regards to physicality and toughness.

“I think we’re getting better, I think we’ve got to get tougher at receiver. I think those receivers spend a certain amount of time being awfully willing to get shoved around, but just overall we just have to have overall improvement, and then we’re still developing depth in the o-line,” Leach said.

This is a good sign for the Mississippi State defense, but not necessarily for the offense. Especially one that’s as reliant on their receivers as the Bulldogs are, as they lead the SEC in total passing yards and passing yards per game last season.

“Yeah we’re better in the secondary and we just have to answer the challenge of receiver. We make too many judgements on when the ball is going to come to us and I think as a team we do it some, but I think the receivers do it even more and we just have to be tougher people. And we’ve got a weird mix, we’ve got old guys and real young and we need to develop some of those guys that are kind of the middle experience guys,” Leach said.