QB Influence and Third Down Success with Austin Herink

About this episode

Kyle and Matt discuss quarterback influence on third down success with Austin Herink, providing insights from a self-scout study at UCF.

In this episode of The Board Drill Podcast, Kyle and Matt sit down with Austin Herink, Senior Offensive Analyst at UCF, for a film-room-level breakdown of quarterback influence on third down success. Coach Herink shares the self-scout study he conducted after UCF finished 118th nationally in third down conversion rate, comparing the Knights' approach against the best and worst offenses in college football and the NFL. From distance-to-gain data, to QB archetypes, to play design principles from Indiana, Vanderbilt, Utah, and the Chicago Bears, this episode is a clinic on how to think about third down from the inside of a Power Five program.Whether you are a high school coach looking to improve your self-scout process or a coordinator rethinking your third down package, this one is built for you.Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome and introductions2:13 Why Herink ran this study and how he built the methodology5:30 UCF self-scout: 34% conversion rate, distance to gain, and what the data revealed10:04 Drop eight, run efficiency, and what third and long actually looks like for most offenses16:48 Best offenses compared: the full table, QB archetypes, and what Indiana, Vanderbilt, Utah, and the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kyle Bradburn, Matt Dixon

Guest: Austin Herink

Topics covered

• quarterback influence
• third down success
• self-scout study
• offensive analysis
• college football
• play design principles

Keywords

• third down conversion
• offensive analysis
• quarterback archetypes
• self-scouting
• college football

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCF, Indiana, Vanderbilt, Utah, Chicago Bears

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