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HB Dive

Singleback·Doubles North·11

Dive Run Play

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Quick Reference

FormationSingleback

SetDoubles North

Personnel

111 RB · 1 TE · 3 WR

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Breakdown

HB Dive out of Singleback Doubles North is a pure downhill run play that hits the A gap fast, using inline zone or man blocking up front to create a vertical crease between the center and guard. The offensive line steps and combo blocks the interior defensive line, with the fullback replaced by a TE cracking down or sealing the backside since this is an 11 personnel look. Primary read progression starts with the play side A gap, then bounces to the backside cutback lane if the Mike linebacker or a DT shoots the gap untouched.

Defensive Reads

Identify the box count pre-snap, if the defense has stacked seven or eight defenders near the line this play loses its blocking numbers and should be replaced at the line. Watch the Mike linebacker's alignment, a downhill Mike sitting on the A gap pre-snap signals a run blitz or run fit that can blow up the dive before the back gets vertical. Key the defensive tackle shade, a nose tackle shaded to the play side A gap forces the back to cut back immediately rather than pressing the hole. Look for user defenders spying the A gap or crashing down off the edge, since a controlled Mike or Sam jumping the dive lane is the most common way this run gets stopped for a loss. This play beats base 4-3 and 3-4 fronts with light boxes and standard zone coverages behind them, but it struggles against heavy run blitz packages, gap exchange stunts, and any front stacked with extra linebackers or a nickel defender rotated down into the box.

Usage Tips

Run this out of a run heavy personnel package to keep defenses honest after selling Jet Sweep or Zone Fake Jet from the same set. Use it on early downs, first and ten or second and short, when the defense shows a light box with six or fewer defenders inside the tackles. Check the Mike linebacker depth pre-snap, if he is stacked tight to the line expect a quick fill and consider a pre-snap audible to HB Stretch or HB Toss to bounce it outside instead. Pair this with PA Rollout or PA Cross later in a series once you have established the dive, since the play action look off the same formation freezes linebackers who bite on the run fake. Avoid calling this into heavy blitz shows with safeties crashing down, since there is no RPO tag to punish extra defenders in the box on this specific play.