DIAGRAM: This is an excellent Wing-T play if you use the Buck Sweep successfully and is a great misdirection play that can be used on any down, from anywhere on the field. We also run this play from the slot formation by using a guard-tackle, counter-trey blocking scheme.
Quarterback. Opens up toward the HB. He takes two steps straight back and hands the ball off to the HB. After the handoff, the QB boot legs to the same side as the reverse. This must be a well-executed fake to widen the hole for the WB.
Halfback. Runs on a straight line as if the play is the Buck Sweep. He must have his thumbs together on his hip as the QB places the ball so that it sets straight up and down in his hands. The ball is now handed to the WB in a trigger motion and the HB then carries out his run fake by lowering his front shoulder. If the contain defender on that side doesn’t respect the fake, then the HB keeps the ball and runs a naked. Coaching Point: When you’re teaching this play to your players, only tell the backs about the keep option, so that your linemen do not change their blocking assignments.
Wingback. Aligns a little deeper, but not deep enough to be noticed by the defense. When the HB gets the ball from the QB, the WB should have it timed to be 1-step away. He secures the ball, finds the hole and tries to follow the OG, who logs or traps the first defender outside the OT.
Tight End. The TE serves as the WB’s personal escort and pulls through the hole, dipping his inside shoulder and looking to the inside first.
—Keith Ross, Head Coach,
Oak Park High School, Kansas City, Mo.