An article and videos from earlier this year on Washington’s offense. I always say if you’re going to outperform your status on the landscape it’s more likely on the back of offense and it’s the avenue with more potential. Washington while not way low down the status totem pole, it’s certainly not Alabama, OSU etc…and now has a legitimate chance at the title. Mizzou is another example this year where their offense went up 60 some odd places from the 80s to the 20s in total, scoring and YPP. Kirby Moore their first year OC coached under DeBoer and Tedford.
It makes sense that Dillon Johnson transferred from Miss St last year to UW and Will Rogers for next year considering some similarities in offense.
Excepts from the article, there are some XOs in the article:
Washington is also averaging a national-high 8.8 yards per play after Tennessee finished at 7.2 last year.
And the difference in
philosophy is clearer: The Huskies’ offense is built not on explosivity, but on efficiency. The explosive plays are a direct result of the efficiency. And they’re doing so with little reliance on the run game. Washington’s 123 yards rushing per game rank 102nd nationally. The last time the country’s top offense was ranked 100th or below in rushing? Kliff Kingsbury’s
Texas Tech unit with Patrick Mahomes in 2016. Per TruMedia, Washington ranks 127th in run play percentage (38.7) and 78.4 percent of its total yardage comes from passing, the sixth-most.
But Washington doesn’t want to run the ball. It’s not their priority. They are all about protecting Penix and silently picking you apart in the pass game.”
The Huskies’ offensive innovation lies in their efficiency and simplicity. The operation is built on one core philosophy: creating space to exploit the one-on-one advantage. It is able do that schematically in three distinct ways:
- Creating horizontal stretches on underneath defenders
- Creating vertical stretches on deep defenders
- Mastering individual route technique
Schematically, the Washington system is grounded in the Air Raid style. It’s something head coach Kalen DeBoer has cultivated in his previous stops at Fresno State, Indiana, Eastern Michigan and Southern Illinois.
The final piece of the Huskies’ offensive triumvirate has been the addition of wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator JaMarcus Shephard. Shephard, a former Mike Leach disciple, came over from Purdue, where as the co-offensive coordinator he helped catapult the
Boilermakers to the fifth-highest passing offense in the country in 2021 alongside Jeff Brohm. The preciseness with which Shephard demands his receivers run routes is quite remarkable and something I’ll explore later.
Quite simply, the Washington receiving corps knows how to run away from leverage.
There is a coaching maxim that says, “You’re either coaching it or letting it happen.” And when watching the film, it’s clear that Shephard is coaching it. Shephard obsesses over yards after catch potential in his unit and he teaches them to be “takers” of the football by having them be proactive in going up and snatching the ball.
Shephard teaches his receivers to attack the ball on post routes by taking the ball out of the air rather than allowing it to come into their bodies.
Washington has had college football's most unstoppable offense thus far. What makes Kalen DeBoer's system so innovative and successful?
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These videos are somehat long. Hopefully they show up, sometimes there are problems with posting YouTube vids.
An Athletic video with the writer of the article.
Also a video from a YouTube channel I watch from time to time with good XO breakdowns.