The Wing T Shotgun Offense

We have over the last three years taken our traditional zone and wing-t running game and adapted it to the shotgun formation. We have had very athletic quarterbacks that have allowed us to show off their running abilities as well as their passing skills in the shotgun set. We firmly believe that the QB can best be featured as a runner from the shotgun formation. It truly enables the QB to be a two-way threat. Our base offense is a one back set with a slot receiver and three wide outs, or a tight end and two wipeouts. Utilizing these same sets only now out of the shotgun has allowed us to keep our package very similar (See Diagrams 1 and 2). Diagram 1. Diagram 2. I will go over our base plays from our base set, then show you the same play from the shotgun. The first play is the basic wing t sweep. We run the traditional double guard pull where we will either log the defensive end and