Georgia 3-4 Mint Front: Games, Pressures and Movements

Georgia defense is multiple in their scheme. They play a 4-2-5 and also have the ability to move into a mint (tight)front which they do often without subbing. They will often move pre -snap from a 4-2-5 to a 3-4 mint front and vice versa, trying to cause confusion. They are well coached by defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann with Kirby Smart having a major say in some of the things they do schematically.

Georgia has continued to set a high standard in college football for defense. In the five games versus teams who would eventually make the College Football Playoff field in 2024, the Bulldog defense held them to 15.4 ppg and 278.6 yards per game- and all but one of those contests was played away from Georgia’s Sanford Stadium. It was a very impressive unit.

Here’s how they align and move from the 4-2-5 to the mint front.

They shift and get into it from the 4-2-5 alignment. They always bump to the boundary for the most part. The RDT becomes the nose and the RDE slips into a 4i. The boundary end stands up and walks. The other DT becomes a 4i. The Nose guard is uusally a 2 gap player with everyone else playing a gap

4-2-5(shift left)

Move to the Mint Front

So you can see how they play both fronts without subbing.If they aren’t moving the nose guard is usually a 2 gap player. with the DE playing b gap, the play side LB C with the other playing A off the nose.

MINT FRONT

This article looks at their mint front and some of their games, movements and 5 man pressures out of the front.

Movements

Slant with the DE arcing to play the QB.

The first stunt is a hard slant with the OLB coming hard off the edge. The left side is moving left, but the Right DE is scrape exchanging to play the QB. They also shift the LB to the right half a gap with the 3x1 set.

The offense is in 3x1 spread to the defensive right. The OLB is to the side of the RB.

The Defensive End #28 is on a game with the OLB #10. You see the rest of the defensive line slanting to the left but they are slanting to play their gap and stay square. It is not an up field charge.

They win the battle up front and there is no place to run the football.

Here are 2 Clips of the DE/OLB Exchange:

Pressures