Setting Up the Pass with the Run in the Veer Option

When you think of running the option, you think of dominant programs that have run that offense: Navy under Paul Johnson, the Air Force Academy under Fisher DeBerry, and Georgia Southern under three different offensive option gurus: Erk Russell, Johnson, and most recently, Mike Sewak. Having been mentored by both Russell and Johnson, Sewak was OC under Johnson and then head coach at GSU for four years. Since leaving Georgia Southern in 2005, Sewak has served as an option consultant – authoring countless magazine articles and producing several coaching videos on the scheme. Sewak is first to tell you that the effectiveness of the option is not accounting for unblocked defenders at the point of attack, which is why defenses are forced to put as many numbers in the tackle box as possible. It opens up tremendous potential in the veer action pass game. Developing the Veer Action Pass Game