Using a smaller mobile QB in 5 wide

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The D Zone: Michigan High School Football Scores and Notes for Thursday in Week 8https://www.facebook.com/theoriginalTPayne/posts/10151712957737304

Detroit Cesar Chavez Record Performance

Father of the 5 Wide leads new school

The father of the 5 wide offense has taken the reins at Westmont High School in Westmont, IL. They were 2-7 last year and Coach Zeman looks to bring his high flying offense in to improve the program.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/downers_grove_darien_westmont_woodridge/ct-tl-0829-sports-ds-20130827,0,4259622.story

Westmont HS vs Plano HS FULL GAME

Record Breaking Cesar Chavez HS WR Nate Drew Highlights

Kenton vs Wapakoneta 2013 Full Game

Cesar Chavez HS WR breaks national record

Chavez Academy (Detroit) football coach Tarif Kumasi knew his team's two-hour trip north to Mayville was special

on Friday night. He just didn't know how special.

If the team statistician's numbers are confirmed, Chavez Academy receiver Nate Drew will be the owner of a national record. 

Photo courtesy of Chavez Academy

Nate Drew, Chavez Academy

The 6-foot-1, 175-pound senior hauled in 17 passes for 459 yards and seven touchdowns in a 64-41 win at Mayville, and according to the NFHS Record Book, that would break the single-game yardage record of 456 set last season by Waldport (Ore.) junior Kraig Pruett. 

Drew caught all of his passes from 5-10, 155-pound sophomore Omar Salih, who broke at least two state records by completing 32 of 52 passes for 689 yards and nine touchdowns. 

According to the MHSAA website, Salih shattered the single-game yardage mark of Swartz Creek (Mich.) senior Brendon Fitch who passed for 603 yards Sept. 13 in a 77-61 victory over Kearsley (Flint, Mich.), The touchdown pass mark was eight, set by Cooper Rush of Catholic Central (Lansing) in 2011.  

Kumasi knew Salih had approached the state records. He had no clue about Drew's national mark. 

"It's awesome," he said by phone Saturday. "I'm speechless. You don't think about records when you're in the heat of the game. That's all we do in practice is run these passing plays and you never imagine something like this." 

Because the team's starting tailback missed the game, Chavez Academy didn't execute a designed run the entire game. And, with a three-score lead in hand, Kumasi said his team knelt on the ball its last three possessions — the final six minutes of the game. 

Kumasi, who started the independent football program four years ago, said the people of Mayville were so hospitable he definitely didn't want to run up the score. It was also Mayville's homecoming. 

Needless to say, everyone saw something special. 

"Our statistician told me at halftime, 'You're not going to believe this, but (Salih) has 350 yards,'" Kumasi said. "I thought 'Wow.' I knew if they kept scoring we were going to keep passing. I saw on film coming into the game they play a soft cover 3. I knew we'd pass for a lot. I didn't know that much."

File photo courtesy of Chavez Academy

Omar Salih, Chavez Academy

Pruett's previous receiving record was threatened on Thursday when Alexander (Laredo, Texas)senior Marc Lozoya caught 16 passes for 448 yards and six touchdowns. 

Drew now has 70 catches for 1,379 yards and 19 touchdowns this season after hauling in 36 passes for 906 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior. Kumasi said his big receiver received college attention from Syracuse and Pittsburgh, among others, last season. He's now working hard on his academics. 

"He's a character, a classic receiver type - outgoing, fun, not shy about wanting the ball," Kumasi said. "He's a real good kid." 

Salih has completed 157 of 331 passes this season for 2,560 yards and 27 touchdowns. He's thrown 16 interceptions, including four on Friday. Kumasi said the 15-year-old has limitless potential.

"He's a gunslinger," Kumasi said. "He's still growing into his body. He's very cerebral. He knows the game and studies it constantly. It's football, football and more football with him." 

Chavez Academy is 3-4 on the season and has been involved in some crazy games. The winning scores of its seven games have been 69, 63, 40, 44, 40, 56 and 64. 


"We put five out wide almost every play, so it lends itself to a lot of offense," Kumasi said. "Our games tend to be a lot of fun."

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/pwhAYyVbUkqBGldr2Y_rGA/chavez-academys-nate-drew-sets-national-record-for-single-game-receiving-yards.htm

Kenton Full Game

Empty Quads

Put the Defense in a Quandary with Quads by: Steve Heck

October 2011 Copyright

American Football Monthly

Using a four-vertical attack is a way of bringing a new look to an empty set offense.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of coaching offensive football is having a playbook with a blank canvas. Sure, every “new” idea has been re-tooled and re-named like the ‘Wildcat’. But putting your imagination to work and finding the best way to deploy your people is a challenging and exciting aspect of being an offensive coach.

Recently, we have seen two positions all but dry up on the recruiting trail. It has been harder to find quality fullbacks and tight ends at our level. However, we have been fortunate to attract both quality and quantity at the wide receiver position. So, rather than throwing out our entire playbook and installing a new offense, we looked at ways to incorporate some of our base concepts into an empty offense. Having some flexibility within your system is critical for long term success during lean years or a weak recruiting class.

We have three passing game concepts that are sprinkled throughout our offense. They span many personnel groups, formations and protections. The three base concepts we re-tooled to fit our empty attack are four verticals, spacing, and curl-flat. Spacing and curl-flat are closely related, yet have their own distinctive purpose. We found that by keeping the assignments the same, we can increase the volume of our playbook without overloading the players with “new” techniques.

The first question we had was what was the best way to deploy our personnel? We settled on a bunch quad alignment (See Diagram 1). The quads bunch formations was a natural fit because we originated many concepts from three-receiver bunch formations. Adding a fourth receiver necessitated only minor changes to our playbook.

The first concept we installed was four verticals (See Diagram 2). In our normal alignment, we run four verticals and we release the back on an angle, or hide route as the verticals clear. The big teaching point with the verticals concept is getting everyone a landmark. The number-one receiver pushes for width and his landmark is bottom of the numbers. Number-two receiver is the adjuster. He has some freedom to hug the near hash or adjust to a skinny post. Number-three receiver is working to the opposite hash and we call his route, auto hash. In the quads bunch alignment, our number-four receiver assumes the role of the angle/hide route. However, we teach it more of an option route at six yards.


Diagram 2: Four Verticals Concept

The progression for the quarterback on the verticals is to pre-snap a look at the single- receiver side to determine if there is a positive match-up. From there, the QB scans across the field, working the auto hash by number-three, adjuster by two, to the option by number-four. We will “alert” the vertical running to the numbers by number one if we want the QB to start his progression with that route. If we alert number-one, the QB still pre-snaps the single-receiver side, but then begins his progression with the alerted route to the adjuster, auto hash to option.

Four verticals out of a quads bunch creates problems for the defense. It forces possible single coverage to the single receiver side. Also, defenses get wrapped up trying to play the pattern recognition game with bunch sets and quite often a corner or a safety flat-foots a route and lets one of the verticals get on top of him. To give the defense another look, we employ a switch call with our number-one and number-two receivers. They now exchange landmarks (See Diagram 3).

Diagram 3: Switch Call

The second pass concept that we carried over to our quads bunch package was spacing. The spacing concept has become a staple of both spread and West Coast offenses over the years. We employ spacing in a variety of packages, so it was natural to include it into our empty sets. The basic idea behind spacing is to deploy three receivers running short to intermediate routes in one given area quickly. We put a receiver in the flat, a receiver in the hook/curl area at eight yards, and a receiver working over the ball at six yards. In the quads package, we simply add a vertical route by the number one receiver to soften the reception area (See Diagram 4).

Diagram 4: Spacing Concept

Like our vertical concept, we use a switch tag to diversify the spacing concept in quads. In the spacing switch, number-two and number-three exchange assignments. They key coaching point with spacing, and spacing switch, is to assign an order of release to each receiver. The worst thing that could happen with the compressed formations is the receivers bumping into each other at the snap. It is important to give each receiver his release priority. For example, on the spacing switch, the number-two receiver, who is on the ball, is followed by number-three receiver.The flat route is what we call “shake” flat. He goes last to prevent collisions and this becomes a longer throw for the quarterback (See Diagram 5).


Diagram 5: Flat Route

An important aspect of the spacing concept is the backside route. The quarterback starts his progression on the backside with a quick game route called at the line. We can call slant, hitch, out or even fade. If the quarterback likes the quick throw, we take what they give us. The quarterback starts his eyes at the quick throw, but if he is unsure, he works the middle spot route to the curl, and finally to the flat. The progression happens quickly because the routes are shorter, intermediate routes. It is important to start on the single receiver side first to time all the spacing routes and to keep all the underneath defenders from flying to the 4-receiver side.

We have found that the four verticals and spacing concepts complement each other very well. It is important to utilize them both to keep the defense off balance. The spacing concept is an all-purpose play that has been effective vs. a multitude of coverages. The verticals concept helps generate explosive plays and ultimately provides us with a nice counter to the spacing concept.

The curl-flat concept (See Diagram 6) is the final idea we carried over from the quads bunch package. It is actually a combination of verticals and spacing. Our curl-flat concept pushes the routes a bit deeper and allows our number-two receiver some freedom to find an open area. We call the get open route the void route. The void route pushes the vertical for 12 yards but then has the option of continuing vertical in beating man coverage or a nosy safety, or the void can bend inside a dropping linebacker and find an open zone window. The void route has freedom to work between the hashes. The key coaching point is to execute a great take-off, get your eyes high, see the big picture and finally be decisive. Do not fool the quarterback. We use a lot of read/option routes and it is important that the receiver and quarterback are on the same page


Diagram 6: Curl-Flat Concept


While the void route has emerged as the central focus of this concept, the other routes that are built around the void are critical to the success of the entire structure. The number-one receiver pushes an outside release and runs his vertical to soften the perimeter and/or flat defender. He has no adjustment, except to fight for an outside release vs. a hard corner. We call this ‘Auto 9.’ You can put a fast back at this spot and not worry about over-loading him with technical jargon and reads.

It is important to have an experienced receiver running the void route. Receivers who can execute a good take-off and can recognize coverage structures and quickly diagnose where to adjust the route make the void route tough to defend. Number three is the shake flat. He will be the last player to release. Number four has a curl route. He will push some width on his release and be trailing the void route initially. At about 8-10 yards, he will hook up in an open area. Unlike the option route on the verticals concept, we don’t want him working to far inside because the void route has priority clearance between the hashes.

The single receiver route runs a curl route vs. a soft corner and has the freedom to convert his route to an outside release vertical vs. a hard corner. The progression for the quarterback will be pre-snap, number one running the vertical, void, curl, flat. If the void route gets bottled up, we need to know who is taking it away. If the linebackers are squeezing the void inside, the curl-flat combo should be available.

All three of these concepts are main staples in our “traditional” passing game. For our players and coaches, integrating them into an unusual formation and perhaps a unique personnel group is not a big departure from our normal mode of operation. The bunch quads formation is not something we will use for 40-50 snaps a game, but since we are already comfortable with the concepts, the new formation gives us a way to keep some of our effective ideas fresh.

Empty Quads 4X1 .."The Satellite Express"

http://youtu.be/RHQtH79fryE

Archie Cooley, Jerry Rice, and the "Satellite Express"

I've often detailed the history of the spread, but an unsung innovator was Mississippi Valley State's Archie Cooley. In the '80s, Cooley installed a wide-open, no-huddle, five-wide attack that saw parallel in ingenuity for at least another decade. As an article at the time described. Cooley, 45, is head coach at Mississippi Valley State University, a little school with an enormous passing attack. In the last two years, his Delta Devils - assembled with a recruiting budget of $3,500 a year - won 17 of 21 games, averaging 51 points a game.They did it with no huddle.They did it with 55 passes a game.They did it with something called the Satellite Express, an imaginative, freaky offense designed by Cooley and named presumably for quarterback Willie "The Satellite" Totten, a senior who has replaced Neil Lomax as the most devastating college football passer ever.Using Cooley's Satellite Express, Mississippi Valley State has broken virtually every NCAA Division I-AA passing record. Willie "The Satellite" Totten was the triggerman, but on the receiving end of his passes, roughly 300 of them, was Jerry Rice. Yeah, 49ers-Hall-of-Fame-Dancing-with-the-Stars Jerry Rice. And Rice's incredible talent led Cooley to the most natural evolution of his five-wide attack: put four guys to one side of the field, and put Jerry Rice -- nicknamed "World" because there "wasn't a pass in the world he couldn't catch" -- to the other.Totten would signal a route to Rice backside (much like the run and shoot "choice" concept) and then the four receivers to the other side would run some dizzying array of combinations, usually with at least one guy in a sort of "trail" position who could catch a dump-off if the defense retreated.By doing this Cooley was able to put the defense in an impossible bind: no one in D I-AA could cover Rice (in his college career he set then NCAA records in catches, with 301, yards, with 4,693, and touchdowns, with 50), but if the defense double- or triple-teamed him then they gave up numbers and leverage to the four receiver side.As you can imagine, footage of Mississippi Valley State is, well, scarce. So I was delighted to stumble on this old gamefilm (apparently filmed on some kind of pre-Victorian camera).In the clip, notice how many guys Louisiana Tech lines up on Rice: always two, sometimes even three. But if you wait until near the end of the clip, around the 4:30 mark, the defense finally singles him up. Totten then calls Rice's number and throws him a fade for an inevitable touchdown. Time for the defense to rethink things.

Kenton vs Wapak (full game)

Kenton 2011 State Finals highlights

Five Wide 313 style.......

Here are a few video highlights of fellow 5 wider Coach Kumasi's team Cesar Chavez Academy in Detroit, MI......side note Coach Kumasi can you please explain to me what #80 is doing standing next to the tackle, is this what I have heard been called a Tight End ??????

Blaine Gabbert Highlights.......

I know its not 100% 5 wide but they sure are close........

Why throw the football ?

Many coaches ask me "why do you want to run a offense that devotes nearly 100% of its time and commitment in throwing the football", my answer is....... MOST high school athletes cant cover one on one. By going five wide you force teams to cover one on one thus being in my opinion the best formation to create match ups and space to throw the football. The passing game is one of the most under coached facets of high school football reason being every coach from the time they started has heard the saying "you HAVE TO run the football". Although this philosophy has won many football games and championships there are other ways to effectively move the football. Most high school offenses are based on there run game, in turn most if not all defenses are made to stop the run first THEN cover the pass (maybe), so why not expose that ?

Another argument or statement I hear coaches ask is "What if I don't have kids who can catch and throw ?". There isn't one skill set your naturally born with, its all developed. What if you don't have 5 or 6 kids that can block ? well you coach them the skills that are needed to accomplish that skill set, same goes with throwing and catching the football. Many kids when they first discover the game of football they pick the football up and play catch with there friends, so this skill is developed at a very young age. Athletes are very willing to develop this skill set because they enjoy this facet of the game of football and can increase this skill set year round in the gym. 

Plus throwing the football is fun and exciting......."Fun Football leads to optimistic Football that proceeds into positive Football that gives birth to winning Football"~ Glenn "Tiger" Ellison

For high-scoring Kenton, it’s all about winning

By Marc Pendleton | "Dayton Daily News" Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 08:29 PM

What could possibly make a coach like Kenton’s Mike Mauk install an unconventional offense, wrapped in seemingly foolish decision making?
In the first quarter of its season opener at Coldwater, Kenton went for it on 4th down inside its own 20 rather than punt. The Cavs held and scored. So did Kenton, winning 50-31 behind another numbers-heavy performance from Mauk’s son, Maty.
Who better to address the genesis of Kenton’s high-scoring air attack than the coach:
“We evolved into this (offense) basically to give us a chance to win,” Mike Mauk said.
“We wanted to try and two-platoon and get as many guys involved and playing as we could so we didn’t have anyone playing both ways. We put our bigger, stronger guys on defense and put the guys who were a little more athletic on offense.
“Plus, it’s something our guys can do all year long. They can throw in the gym, they can throw in the spring and summer. What they do then is what they do in the season. For us, it gives us a chance to be competitive with teams that normally we wouldn’t be able to do so.”
Alter (10-2) will play Kenton (11-1) in a D-VI, Region 16 final on Friday at Wapakoneta.

Otto Zeman "The Five Wide Offense"

   

PART 1:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9157123651310725762

PART 2:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-332977895631139762

PART 3:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8213215918796005843

PART 4:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8488045013266782684

The best 5 wide high school in the country, Kenton High School....

The videos below are from Kenton High School (Kenton, OH) one of the best passing teams in the country led by head coach Mike Mauk (hopefully a future article writer). His son Ben Mauk formerly of Wake Forest and University of Cincinnati set NATIONAL passing and scoring records. Currently his youngest son Maty Mauk is lighting up the score board.

Ben Mauks stats

• Total Yards, Career 1st, 19,628 1999-2002 (17,364 passing, 2,264 rushing)
• Total Yards, Season 1st, 7,928 2002 (6,540 passing, 1,388 rushing) 2nd, 6,727 2001 (5,770 passing, 957 rushing)
• Total Yards, Per Game 1st, 528.5 2002 (7,928/15) 2nd, 448.5 2001 (6,727/15) 5th, 395.5 2000 (3,955/10)
• Passing yards per game 1st, 436.0ypg (2002) 4th, 384.7ypg (2001)
• Most Passing Attempts, Career 1st, 1,905 (1999-2002)
• Most Passing Attempts, Season 1st, 674 (2001) 2nd, 669 (2002)
• Most Passing Attempts, Per Game 4th, 44.9 2001 (674/15) 5th, 44.6 2002 (669/15)
• Most Completions, Career 2nd, 1,095 (1999-2002)
• Most Completions, Season 2nd, 413 (2002) 3rd, 369 (2001)
• Most Completions, Per Game 3rd, 27.5 (2002) 9th, 24.6 (2001)
• TD Passes, Career 2nd, 178 (1999-2002)
• TD Passes, Season 2nd, 76 (2002) 12th, 60 (2001)
• Passing Yards, Career 1st, 17,364 (1999-2002)
• Passing Yards, Season 1st, 6,540 (2002) 2nd, 5,770 (2001) 57th, 3,936 (2000)

The Five Wide Offense "The Offense of the future"

The "Five Wide Offense" is a highly explosive offense that operates exclusively from a five wide receiver formation. This blog is dedicated to teams around the country that sell out to this philosophy.