Explosive Josh Heupel football run game-Gap Schemes- Duo, Counter, Wrap, Dart and Lead

Josh Heupel has run some high powered offenses over the years. They put up big numbers in 2019 with 41 points per game and 2020 with 42.2 points per game. In 2022 his Tennessee offense was exciting to watch.putting up 44.5 points per game. 

The Tennessee offense is premised on a few concepts:

1. Play fast-They play at the fastest speed possible with their high powered offense.

2. Spread you out-They spread teams out more than any team I've seen with their formations, many outside the numbers. This opens up some numbers under neath. This can lead to light boxes because teams are so worried about stopping the passing game. It’s a numbers game. If he sees 2 high he will often run the football. If he sees single high on early downs expect the ball thrown downfield.

3. Utilization of stack alignments- These stack alignments are often utilized to cause confusion, run screens but also open up running lanes by gaining numbers. 

3. Vertical Passing Game- They really take some deep shots in the vertical passing game. They will take shots and led the country in pass plays of 30 + yards.

4. Take advantage of what the defense gives you. If  a soft box, run. If they try to get another hat in the box throw the football. 

These are some of the key components. They tie their run game into their pass concepts and are very effective in the play calling. The other thing they do is play extremely fast so it forces people to line up quickly and be generic at times. This allows them flexibility in what they call. If they get a 7 man box they will often run the ball on early downs. If it is 8 and the defense is trying to sneak someone into they box they will throw it.

Run Game Schemes that we will look at include:

• duo

• G wrap

• counter, Super Counter, Boomerang Counter

• lead

• dart or what some call t wrap

RUN GAME

Let's look at some UCF and Tennessee film and how he attacked some odd fronts in the run game. You will see some wrap, counter, dart, with some zone schemes as part of the package. They also use the qb in the run game with those schemes. 

The first play is duo. Duo incorporates several double teams at the point of attack. They run it with two nice double teams vs Florida. They run it at the three technique with 2 nice combo blocks.

They get a great double team and the RB makes a nice read and finds daylight.