2021-2022 Chip Kelly UCLA Offense- Run Game , Boot and play action pass game

There are several pieces to Chip Kelly's run game at UCLA. This article focuses on his run game and play action.  He has run  a great pin and pull scheme  for years with always a top running game.  He is also always evolving, adapting and changing his schemes and always one of the lead innovators in the sport. 

Here are some stats about his run game. 

2022.  #5 in rushing yards,  239 yards per game,   

           #1 in yards per rush   6.0 yards per rush

2021  #10 in rushing,    219 yards per game     

           #18 in yards per rush 5.2 yards per rush                

2020.  #12 in rushing ,    230 yards per game 

            #21 in yards per rush 5.1 yards per rush

Some of the plays you will see from their potent rushing attack. Most of this article was from the 2021 season, so there may be some changes in 2022.

1. Wide(outside zone) Zone

2. Duo

3. Pin and Pull

4. Jet Sweep

5. wrap 

6. Inside Zone read

He combines it with his passing game:

1.Boot/play action off the run game

2. Vertical pass game off outside wide zone  run game.

3. Of course Y cross(Saints is a key component) 

 Chip loves to run wide zone. He can run it in different ways. One way I like that he runs it is with the h back slicing across the formation. This is very effective vs man to man defenses who like to spin the coverage. You get a rotation and also can catch them out of position with a LB chasing the H back across the formation.

They ran this play 3 times for 42 yards vs Arizona in 2021.

UCLA Offense:

Jet with wide zone off slice blocking to the opposite side.

Here you get jet motion followed by a slice blocking scheme. Very effective when going against a team that runs man coverage concepts with secondary spinning. 

***NOTE, if the DB doesn't run with the motion, the h back will not slice block it. The h back will actually read what the motion man does. Interesting concept. So if CB doesn't run across the formation, then the h back will stay front side and block the LB if he knows it's zone coverage.

Some Clips!

PIN AND PULL

Another play that Chip Kelly likes in the run game  at UCLA is his pin and pull. He has always been a pin and pull guru from his days with the Eagles and that continued when he worked with Noel Mazzone at UCLA.