Clinic Talk: Spicing Up the Swing-Draw Pass-Run Option

Mark Richt employed the swing draw pass-run option multiple times over the 2017 season with much success. To clarify, I call it a pass-run option in my playbook because the first read from the quarterback is to throw the swing, and then to run the draw. However, since RPO is the more known phrase I try to stick with what gets clicks. I wrote about the swing draw a few times on SOTU, but most recently for my post “The Impact of Run-Pass Options on college football.”

While Richt and Art Briles used the draw in their run portion of the swing draw, Lincoln Riley had a different take. I believe using variations of the swing draw will help keep the play fresh for Miami and keep Malik Rosier from…