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ICYMI: Week of 09/07/24-09/14/24

Sep 14, 2024

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The Citadel (2024) vs. South Carolina State running Zone Triple (Insert)

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High School Football Submissions this week:

Coach Grabias (OL/DL) of Haverford High School in PA sent in this submission of his B-back Liam Taylor (Class of ‘26). Make B-backs great again! Enjoy.

Top Collegiate Rushing Performances (Total Yards):

UNLV - 62 rushes, 503 yards 6 TD
Friends University (NAIA) - 54 rushes, 417 yards 4 TD
Army West Point - 58 rushes, 405 yards 2 TD
Central Florida - 57 rushes, 384 yards 6 TD
Springfield College (DIII) - 58 rushes, 362 yards 4 TD
Eastern New Mexico State (DII) - 67 rushes, 366 yards 5 TD
Arizona State - 54 rushes, 359 yards 2 TD
Salisbury University (DIII) - 37 rushes, 348 yards 6 TD
Texas A&M - 38 rushes, 333 yards 5 TD
Rice - 31 rushes, 331 yards 6 TD

[Statistics via. ESPN app/Coach Submissions]

Top NFL Rushing Performances (Total yards):

Houston Texans - RB Joe Mixon: 30 rushes, 159 yards 1 TD
SAN FRAN 49ers - RB Jordan Mason: 28 rushes, 147 yards 1 TD
LA Chargers - RB J.K. Dobbins: 10 rushes, 135 yards 1 TD
BAL Ravens - QB Lamar Jackson: 16 rushes, 122 yards
NE Patriots - RB Rhamondre Stevenson: 25 rushes, 120 yards 1 TD
PHILLY Eagles - RB Saquon Barkley: 24 rushes, 109 yards 2 TD.
SEA Seahawks - RB Kenneth Walker III: 20 rushes, 103 yards 1 TD

ICYMI: Fullback News

Congratulations to Springfield College (DIII) Fullback Arsen Shtefan on being presented with this week’s New England Football Writers Association Gold Helmet Award for the top college football player in New England across Division 2 & 3. He rushed 26 times for 215 yards and a TD last week in a victory over WNEU.
New York Giants officially signed Fullback Jakob Johnson to its active roster Tuesday afternoon.
San Francsico 49ers Fullback Kyle Juszczyk catches a FB wheel route out of the backfield on Monday Night Football for 34 yards. All-22 Cutup below:

Subscriber only Chalk Talk’s:

A Glance at the Bixby H.S. Offense

Matt Saunders

September 11, 2024

One of the biggest talks of the offseason this past year was centered around the uniqueness, creativity and overall success of the Bixby High School offense. Bixby uses a variety of formations, motions and shifts to run a handful of base concepts with the intention to keep the playbook simple and the defense confused. This chalk talk is intended to take a general overview of their offense in order to show how formations, shifts and motions can be used to disorientate a defense using relatively few base concepts.

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Fundamentals: Zone Combo Blocks

Matt Saunders

September 4, 2024

In this Chalk Talk, we are discussing the basic terms to know and the key fundamentals to zone blocking combinations. A good zone blocking scheme has the answer for any multitude of problems a defense can present on any given play. The point is that no matter where a defense may align or end up throughout the duration of a zone run play, there will in theory be an offensive lineman there to block them.

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Linebacker Gap Fits vs Split Zone

Matt Saunders

August 28, 2024

Split Zone has become a staple in many offenses ranging from youth to professional football. The main issues presented when defending against any run scheme is maintaining Gap Integrity throughout the duration of the play

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Single Back Power

Matt Saunders

August 23, 2024

Today’s modern offenses often come with modern challenges, one of which may be finding creative ways to incorporate downhill, “old school”, smash-mouth football into a spread offense. Other times, there may be personnel hurdles that must be overcome or (bent-in-your-favor) to get the most out of both your players and the schemes you want to base your offense around. Today, we’re talking about running Single back Power from 11/12 Personnel.

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ICYMI: Free Articles

Bill Callahan & The Titans OL

Matt Saunders

August 27, 2024

This is a spur of the moment chalk talk I felt compelled to have after watching the film from the Tennessee Titans final preseason game vs. New Orleans. I am thoroughly impressed and giddy about the Tennessee Titans offensive line play.

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