LSU OC Cam Cameron discusses ‘noticeable’ change in Tigers’ offense
By Kevin Duffey
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LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron has seen his fair share of criticism around the SEC, specifically within the LSU fan base.
During his first season in Baton Rouge in 2013, Cameron’s offense set the school record for total offense, averaging 453.3 yards, as well as achieved the second highest yardage total in school history (5,893).
However, over the last two years, Cameron’s passing attack has sputtered, finishing 106th last season and 116th in 2014. Most of that is due to the lackluster quarterback play, but again, Cameron is in charge of developing the signal callers, too. The Tigers’ offense ranked 39th (2015), 80th (2014) and 35th (2013) under Cameron.
Les Miles has stated that there will be changes on offense, and Cameron confirmed that during a Q&A with NOLA.com’s Jim Kleinpeter.
“We’ve made some changes. We’re evolving. You adapt or die. You’ve got to continue to adapt the teaching, the practice schedules. . . I know he’s (Miles) tweaked our practice schedule some, tweaked our walk-throughs. Our walk-throughs at one time were 65-70 percent run and 30-35 percent pass. Now they’re 50-50. That helped us in the bowl game and it’s helping us now. The segments in practice, he’s switched those up a little bit. Now he’s talking to other coaches, I’ve been to a couple of places to talk to people. We’re always growing as coaches, we’re always getting new ideas from other people.
“There will be improvement, there will be a noticeable change. The people at practice yesterday (high school coaches) thought there was a noticeable change. There was a couple of periods there where we threw three balls each down and the ball didn’t hit the ground, and that’s a start. For probably 20 minutes the ball never hit the ground. Collectively, you’re going to see improvement.”
Things that aren’t likely to change are Brandon Harris handing it to Leonard Fournette out of the backfield. Harris finished with 2,165 yards, 13 touchdowns and six INTs, completing just 53.8 percent of his passes last season.
LSU has to find a way to develop Harris and get the tight ends and backs more involved in the passing game. The talent at wide receiver is certainly there, but the offense has to find a way to consistently pick up third and four or five.
You can read the rest of NOLA.com’s interview with Cameron here.
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.