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Unicorn playbook

Formation previewUnicorn

X and Y split wide. C is on the ball, QB is under center, and U lines up directly behind QB, about five yards deep.

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5 plays

Run Plays

Same under-center look every time: U starts four yards behind the QB and immediately angles to the inside B-gap-style lane between the middle and the edge. Dash Right hits that inside-right lane; Dash Left mirrors it.

Dash rightThe existing Dash run, with a solid-red Unicorn and less decorative route drawing. U maintains a steady pace while QB meets the runner for a direct handoff.LOSXCYUQB
QB read / ballHandoff to U — angle right on Dash Right
Player assignments +

XRun the Dash wheel-stop deeper: push to about eight yards, then settle around seven and show your hands.

CSnap between your legs, then run the Dash middle hook deeper: push to about seven yards, hook back, and settle around six.

YRun the Dash wheel-stop deeper: push to about eight yards, then settle around seven and show your hands.

UStart directly behind the QB about four yards deep. On Dash Right, angle immediately to the inside-right lane—the space that would be between guard and tackle—take the handoff on that track, then get north. Dash Left mirrors it. Do not run a straight dive or bounce wide off-tackle.

QBLine up directly under Center, take the snap, turn to the called side, and meet U on her angled track for a clean handoff.

9 plays

Pass Plays

unicorn right: C clears the middle to seven yards; U fakes inside and follows underneath to three yards.

1st read
Unicorn Right · Quick. Show the inside handoff, keep the ball, then throw the open quick receiver. U settles underneath C as the three-yard dump-off.Y: Drive out toward the sideline, plant once, then cut back toward the QB on a shallow angle. No upfield leg. Show hands at 1 yard beyond LOS. You are the first short throw; run exactly the same route on the Wheel fake. X: Drive out toward the sideline, plant once, then cut back toward the QB on a shallow angle. No upfield leg. Show hands at 1 yard beyond LOS. Stay wide and separate from C; no blocking. C: Snap and release straight up the middle to seven yards. Clear space above U, then turn to the QB. No blocking or screening. U: Safety valve: show the inside handoff without taking the ball, follow C upfield, then sit three yards beyond the line and face the QB. C clears deeper down the middle.LOSXCYUQB
QB read / ballShow the inside handoff, keep the ball, then throw the open quick receiver. U settles underneath C as the three-yard dump-off.
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YDrive out toward the sideline, plant once, then cut back toward the QB on a shallow angle. No upfield leg. Show hands at 1 yard beyond LOS. You are the first short throw; run exactly the same route on the Wheel fake.

XDrive out toward the sideline, plant once, then cut back toward the QB on a shallow angle. No upfield leg. Show hands at 1 yard beyond LOS. Stay wide and separate from C; no blocking.

CSnap and release straight up the middle to seven yards. Clear space above U, then turn to the QB. No blocking or screening.

USafety valve: show the inside handoff without taking the ball, follow C upfield, then sit three yards beyond the line and face the QB. C clears deeper down the middle.

QBShow the inside handoff, keep the ball, then throw the open quick receiver. U settles underneath C as the three-yard dump-off.