quarterback d could be having a down season, however The Citadel coach Maurice Drayton nonetheless had excessive reward for the senior signal-caller.
"Marcel Reed, oh my goodness," Drayton mentioned. "I've used this analogy earlier than. It's like catching lightning in a cellphone sales space. Good luck with that. This man can run. He can scamper. He can transfer."
He could be a dynamic participant however Reed has been disappointing in his senior season. After main the Aggies to the School Soccer Playoff for the primary time in 2025, Reed and all the offense slogged by means of the primary half of the season .
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Reed is finishing solely 55.3% of his passes, down about 7% from final 12 months, and averaging greater than 60 fewer yards per sport in comparison with 2025. He's additionally solely thrown six touchdowns to 6 interceptions.
However Reed hasn't been the one downside for the offense, which has failed to attain a landing in its two street video games this 12 months. The problems have concerned all the offense, and have persevered even because the Aggies have tried to make adjustments.
"The way in which we observe is a lot better than what we're placing out on tape," Texas A&M working again Jamarion Morrow mentioned. "That's essentially the most irritating factor."
The Aggies offense ranks twelfth out 16 SEC groups in factors per sport and 14th in complete yards.
Texas A&M has, for essentially the most half, beat up on its non-Energy 4 opponents in the course of the Mike Elko period. Solely a 26-20 victory over Bowling Inexperienced in 2024 was determined by single digits and the Aggies are a mixed 98-0 of their final two non-Energy 4 matchups.
The Bulldogs will provide an opportunity for Texas A&M to attempt to get again on observe for the remainder of the season, even when there seemingly gained't be a lot to remove from the sport.
"We've obtained to maneuver ahead," Elko mentioned. "Like I informed the crew this morning, we're in a scenario the place now we have to enhance and now we have to get higher. There's an amazing quantity of battle in our constructing, in our teaching employees and in our gamers to do this, however we've obtained to go do it. With out doing it, phrases are simply phrases."
The Citadel enters with a dropping report however did upset South Carolina State, who have been ranked within the prime 15 of the 2 main FCS polls, two weekends in the past. The Bulldogs additionally took Charlotte to triple time beyond regulation earlier within the 12 months.
Drayton, an alum of the college, has been the top coach for the reason that 2023 season. The crew has performed each Ole Miss and Clemson throughout his tenure so enjoying in an enormous stadium gained't be one thing they haven't handled beforehand.
However e will nonetheless be exponentially higher than their earlier excessive this season, which was 13,274.
"We’ve some silent cadences, now we have some communication hand indicators, issues that we are going to make the most of as a result of it will be very loud," Drayton mentioned. "We've seen the schedule for a very long time. We've been prepping a lot of these issues prematurely already."
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