In the ever-evolving world of college football, the play action pass is one of the most threatening concepts as it has the ability to keep the defense from being able to ‘key in’ on any particular aspect of an offense. At the University of Connecticut we believe that one of the key elements to be an effective, attacking offense is the efficient integration of the play action passing game based on our most productive run plays. We attempt to keep the pass version of these concepts as simple as possible while being consistent with run actions and the protections used to execute these plays. Specifically, there are certain routes that are more effective vs. certain coverages. The Post-Dig Combination is highly effective vs. the 3 deep zones. This tight end side run play that we work off of our draw play effectively attacks both the front and cover of this defense. We will use ‘full
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