All In On Offense- Short Yardage/Goal Line Heavy Sets- Sanders Davis, Rice

On today’s podcast, we ramp back up our All In On Offense series as host Keith Grabowski is joined by Rice Offensive Line Coach, Sanders Davis. Coach took over the Rice offensive line in 2020, having previously spent time on staff as a GA. Prior to his time at Rice, Davis spent 5 years at Catholic High School, where he served as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach. Davis joins the podcast to talk about his heavy goalline sets and how they fit in today’s spread world.

2:22 What his goal line package looks like on a base level

4:28 Why his team likes to use these unique sets

7:42 Accounting for how teams will defend these heavy sets in the world of spread offenses

11:07 When do you install this and how do to make it easy for the QB

12:33 How many concepts they run out of these heavy sets and how they use them from game to game

14:10 When they put these plays in during the week and practicing them

16:30 How they deal with practicing the physical nature of these plays

17:55 How they adjust their stance and splits for heavy concepts

22:07 Coaching cues for getting the younger linemen up to speed

24:12 Targets for lineman's hands

31:10 What techniques the defense use to stop them and how to counter

34:04 Coaching the puller

38:50 Teaching the combos

41:48 Mindset and physical traits for the runningbacks

46:00 How they protect the flanks

48:28 Approach to running pass plays out of these formations

52:01 Getting creative with personnel

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