Disguise Your Baseline Out of Bounds Sets with Reads

Donnie Jones' Stetson Hatters BLOBs

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I love using the same alignment (e.g., box, 4-low, etc.) to disguise the specific set play we're going to run. Coach Donnie Jones' Stetson team takes that popular idea a step further by actually running the first part of the plays the same way but allowing the next step to happen naturally based on how the defense guards the first action. Here’s what that can look like for your team.