Brian Kelly Wants To Get 'More Creative' With DL Maason Smith, "He's Doing The Dirty Work"

LSU head coach Brian Kelly spoke with the media on Thursday after practice and was asked about Maason Smith who still getting back to his full form after missing last season with an ACL injury.

Kelly explained that Smith is doing a lot of the "dirty work" on LSU's defensive line and that they need to get more creative with him as the season progresses.

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"He’s doing a lot of things for us," Brian Kelly said. "He's played a lot of the nose for us this season, he's 2-gaping in the nose. It's a dirty job."

"He was playing a lot of 3 & 5 technique his freshman year. He had a lot of opportunities to make big plays. He's not getting as many opportunities to make the kind of impact that he did as a true freshman. And he's only played in about 13 college games. We need to have a little patience. He's doing some of the dirty work. He's freeing up our linebackers, and he's doing the work he's been asked to do."

"I think maybe we need to be a little more creative with him and maximize some of the things that he can do for us. And I think maybe we'll start to see that as we move through the season."

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