Mississippi State football: Bulldogs should consider switching quarterbacks

Mississippi State football: The Bulldogs should consider switching quarterbacks

By Ethan Lee | Oct 1, 2018

STARKVILLE, MS - SEPTEMBER 15: Head coach Joe Moorhead of the Mississippi State Bulldogs speaks with quarterback Nick Fitzgerald #7 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs during the third quarter of their game against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns on September 15, 2018 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /

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STARKVILLE, MS – OCTOBER 11: A general view of Davis Wade Stadium during the game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers on October 11, 2014 in Starkville, Mississippi. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

Should the Bulldogs bring Jalen Mayden out of his redshirt year?

There’s nothing out there to indicate that freshman Jalen Mayden would bring a notable increase in offensive production with him right now if he played. He’s simply not a viable option right now to improve what the Bulldogs are doing on the offensive side of the ball.

Yes, Mayden is an incredibly talented quarterback. Yes, he could be a really good asset for the Mississippi State football team in the future.

Despite all of that, there’s a couple of good reasons as to why Mississippi State is redshirting him right now. At the moment, Mayden is an unknown to many MSU fans. He’s in his first semester on campus and is still getting acclimated to everything. It would be foolish for Joe Moorhead to burn Mayden’s opportunity at redshirting to try and win more games unless Mayden was truly the best option that the Bulldogs have right now.

And if he was better than the other quarterbacks in the room in this moment, Mayden likely would have already made it out on to the field.

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