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Counter Trap Play call: 42/48 Counter trap The counter trap in NU's primary inside I-back trap. It is a slower developing play than the fullback traps. It is very similar to counter sweep (notice both are called to the 2 and 8 holes), except that it is intended to be run inside of the end man on the line of scrimmage. Another difference is that the guard will attack the defensive end lined up inside of the TE in counter trap, whereas in counter sweep it would usually be a OLB lined up outside the TE. The tackle then climbs the hole to attack a LB or DB. The IB takes the same counter step as on the sweep, but then attacks the hole instead of running parallel to the line. In a two-back set the fullback still dives away and fills for a pulling lineman. The QB opens away from the play before giving to the I-back. Companion plays: Counter trap lead. In 1999 Nebraska showed a counter trap lead where the FB would lead through the counter hole instead of faking away. Nebraska ran this out of their off-set fullback formation variations where the fullback lines up to either the strong or weakside between guard and tackle instead of behind center. Wingback counter trap (22/28 Counter trap). A Husker staple when Osborne was calling plays for Devaney and Johnny Rodgers was at wingback. (Though often they ran Rodgers on a straight ahead blocking counter delay as opposed to a true counter trap.) This is a quick hitting play that Nebraska used out of its old base I formation with the wingback lined up on the outside hip of the tackle. Over the years players like Kenny Brown, Anthony Steels, Nate Turner and Dana Brinson have been featured on this play. NU has used this for Newcombe several times during his career, especially out of Double Wing. Watch for Newcombe to be set in that old slot back spot as a tip that he may be carrying the ball. Shotgun QB counter trap. TV announcers love to call this a quarterback draw, even though the only pass fake is the the formation. The QB takes the snap and follows the pulling lineman off-tackle. This was a great play for punishing inside runners Tommie Frazier and Scott Frost. (Solich seems more likely to send Crouch a little farther outside with the counter sweep action.) Shovel Pass. One way that Nebraska executes the shovel pass either a wingback or I-back is through counter trap blocking. The only difference is that the backside tackle never pulls. This has been the most common shovel pass in the NU offense the last few years. Nebraska has been running a counter trap in recent years where only the backside guard pulls to lead the I-back. The guard often ends up climbing the hole on this play to block a linebacker. This could be a variation of counter trap, could be a mutation of the tackle trap that Tenopir mentions in Assembly Line, or could be a new play all together. I suspect that it is a change in counter trap. |
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