Attacking Defenses With The Veer

by: Peter Mazzaferro
Former Head Coach
Bridgewater State
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Over the past 22 years we have been running the split backfield veer at Bridgewater State College. We have had only one losing season during this period and our teams have been consistently ranked in the top 30 in rushing offense among all Division III programs.

When we first put in the veer, we ran up against mostly 5-2 monster defenses. Our basic formation was a two tight end alignment (See Diagram l).

Diagram 1. Basic formation with two
tight ends

We didn’t flip-flop our linemen or backs. We got the veer attack from Jim Wacker, the late coach who had success with the veer at both TCU and Min....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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