Using stack formations in your offense: Kittley, Heupel, Conlin, Moore!

Stack Formations

Several teams use stack formations in their offense. You see it at the college level and NFL level. Western Kentucky with Kittley made it popular. Josh Heupel and Tennessee is another team that uses them quite a bit. Fordham at the FCS level and even in the NFL you see them being utilized by teams like the Chiefs and Cowboys.

You can use stack formations to get advantages and dictate their play calling. Depending on the defense they get to the stack look. they can do 3 things. They have different options. In the pass game, they have a screen, the old wr pop screen that becomes converted to a go route vs man coverage. Nice concept and read type play.

If the coverage is soft you throw the screen. Another way is to run the ball if you get #’s in the box. Teams will go 2x2 stack and make the play call accordingly with various run-pass options or check with me type plays. This means if you get #’s on the perimeter, throw the quick screen. If you get a light box with 5x5 or with a tight end 6x6, run the ball. It’s easy to teach your qb.

You can stack to one side, both sides or even inside in 3x1 sets.

Let's take a look below:

Kansas inside stack off motion!

They motion to stack and run the whip route with #2 off of #3. Nice design.

Western Kentucky

 5 man box vs 10 personnel  or 6 man box vs 11 personnel,  run the ball. Western Kentucky Vs Old Dominion, they get a 6 man box when they go tight end to the boundary.

they get 3 defenders over 2 and even #'s in the box 6x6.

They run the wrap play weak with the find block because the screen is covered.

Nice design an qb makes the appropriate read. They seal the edge with the find block by the wr on the safety.

A few examples of the run play above as you can tag the choice concept/rpo to any run play.

Same concept out of 3x1 with the inside wr stacked. They get a 5 man box so QB checks to a run.

Another 5 man box on 2nd and 2 vs stack, so they run the football again. Good decision making and a nice 12 yard gain.

The light box allows you to check to a run. Even #'s teams will usually run it.

they get a nice run on the play

A few more examples below: