Coaching Jihaad Campbell and ILBs to have disciplined eye control

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00:00 >> Coach, Jihad got a start this past weekend, obviously at the interception,

00:03 but maybe missed a little.

00:04 How do you coach him to have correct eyes in the backfield with all the motions and

00:09 movements that Mississippi State did?

00:12 >> Yeah, well, we practice it all week.

00:15 Discipline and eye control is one of the most important things in playing football.

00:21 And everybody grows up watching the ball.

00:26 I've talked about this before.

00:28 So that's how you watch a game.

00:31 But when you're playing the game, you have specific keys and things to look at.

00:36 Like if the guard pulls, it doesn't matter which way the bat goes.

00:40 Your key says go this way.

00:42 When they run a slider, you gotta know when you gotta fall back and when you don't.

00:47 All right, so we just gotta keep working and working and working on those things.

00:52 So that, and I think communication helps that.

00:57 And we're constantly on the secondary to communicate.

01:03 Because if they communicate, it makes it easier for

01:07 the linebackers to know how and what they're supposed to do.

01:10 So Jihad makes a lot of plays, and he's developing nicely at the position.

01:17 But experience is gonna be critical for him to continue to grow and develop.

01:22 >> All right, thanks, Coach.

01:23 >> All right, thank you.

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