Clemson Football Opponent: Scouting Report vs. Georgia Tech

2) Obviously, there’s a transition when you lose a player like KirVonte Benson to injury. What improvements do you see the Yellow Jackets making as the season progresses?

Dylan: The one great thing about running a triple-option based system is that most of your players are replaceable in some format. Can the rest of Georgia Tech’s b-backs replace the true abilities that Benson possess? No, but they can do a pretty good job themselves.

Currently, redshirt freshman Jordan Mason has taken over for Benson and through three games, Mason has done pretty well and is actually on pace to top 1,000-yards this season. But that being said, Mason has yet to do it at a high level over a long stretch, so we’ll see if the numbers remain. Improvement wise, I think the Jackets are going to try to get the passing game working more as the season goes on but at the same time, they can only do in the passing game what TaQuon Marshall is able to do, which honestly isn’t that much.

He’ll make his fair share of impressive throws but then will make a really poor decision and throw which usually ends up in the hands of an opposing defender. The second improvement I think they need to make as the season goes on is getting the a-backs more involved.

Over the last 14 games for the Yellow Jackets, the a-backs haven’t been used all that much compared to years past. The a-backs are your true speed threats in the backfield and when the offense can’t get them involved, they’re losing a key part of their game.

But like the passing game, it all relies on TaQuon Marshall. He’s shown a timidcy of pitching the ball in his career so far but if the Jackets are going to step up their game this season, he’s going to have to learn to do so…..and fast.