All of FBS... 217 reps of 00 Pers.
MSUM in 2025.. 169 reps of 00 Pers.
"What you don't do," said Billy, "is what the Yankees do. If we do what the Yankees do, we lose every time." - Moneyball Chapter 6
11 personnel is still the operating foundation of college football. In this sample, it accounted for 65.4% of all offensive snaps. Add 12 personnel, and those two groupings alone make up 87.3% of the offensive structure.
Defenses are being forced to live in the nickel world while still fitting the box against tight end surfaces. The modern offense is not just “spread.” It is spread structure with enough attached surface variation to keep the defense from getting comfortable.
The more interesting trend is hidden inside the two-back data.
Two-back football does not automatically mean fullback football anymore. In 20 personnel, 86.6% of the snaps came with 2 HB / 0 FB. In 21 personnel, 72.4% came from 2 HB / 0 FB. Even in 22 personnel, more than half of the snaps came without a true fullback.
That changes the conversation.
If a defense hears “21” and immediately thinks old-school fullback, base personnel, and downhill insert fits, it may be wrong. Modern two-back structures can create motion stress, empty shifts, split-flow conflict, option variation, angle routes, wheels, and matchup problems without changing the personnel tag.
Personnel is only the starting point.
The real question is what the offense can make the defense declare after the grouping is announced.
Kevin Stefanski on UDFA QB signee Jack Strand: "Jack was a guy we did a lot of work on, watched a lot of tape on him. Brought him in for a visit. Very intelligent young man, great size for the position, but it’s a transition."
We have signed the following undrafted free agents:
Carlos Allen Jr.
Vinny Anthony II
James Brockermeyer
Le’Meke Brockington
Malcolm DeWalt IV
Kam Dewberry
Philip Florenzo
Brandon Frazier
Cash Jones
Riley Mahlman
Keelan Marion
CJ Nunnally IV
Jack Strand
Jack Velling
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