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The A-11 offense is an offensive scheme used in American football. It blends aspects of the Spread option, West Coast offense and Run & Shoot. The scheme offers the possibility of having all 11 players in the field eligible to catch the ball.[1]

History

The A-11 offense was developed by Kurt Bryan, coach of the Piedmont High School Highlanders, and Steve Humphries, the school's director of football operations, who initially uncertain of its legality, submitted the concept of the offense to the National Federation of State High School Associations and the California Interscholastic Federation and had it approved. Piedmont High School then implemented it during the 2007 football season.[2]

Planning the offensive scheme began at Humphries' house in northern California while he and Bryan were brainstorming. Originally called the "Pluto offense", the scheme was conceived by Humphries when he came up with the idea of putting two quarterbacks in a shotgun formation and making every player on the field a potential receiving threat.[2]

Piedmont unveiled the A-11 offense in their season opener against Campolindo High School which Piedmont lost 31-2. Piedmont continued with the A-11, losing their second game 15-7 before turning their season around with seven straight wins and ending the regular season 7-3-0.[3][4] Humphries and Bryan have since decided to share everything they have developed on the A-11 offense with other football coaches.

Description

The base offense consists of:

  1. A center and two tight ends surrounding the football,
  2. Three receivers split right,
  3. Three receivers split left,
  4. Two quarterbacks standing behind in a shotgun, one of whom has to be at least 7 yards behind the line of scrimmage.

It is a legal formation because it meets the criteria for a "scrimmage kick" formation:[5]

  • All potential receivers wear an eligible receiver jersey number, either 1-49 or 80-99.
  • Two quarterbacks in shotgun formation, at least 7 yards behind the line of scrimmage
  • Nobody under center

See also

References

  1. ^ "What is the A-11". Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  2. ^ a b "A-11 offense could be the future of football". Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  3. ^ Piedmont Highlanders Football blog accessed 2008-07-25
  4. ^ About the A-11 accessed 2008-07-25
  5. ^ http://www.humphinternet.com/a11/pdf/A11OverviewNFHS.pdf
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