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Members · Jul 1, 2026

Notre Dame's Mesh Concept

Mike Denbrock's Most Successful Pass

The Mesh Concept

Not many offensive coordinators focus on the details of a play design as well as Mike Denbrock does. This shows up very evidently in his Mesh concept. For Notre Dame in 2025, Mesh had a 87.5% success rate. Denbrock only dialed it 8 times all year, but they averaged 15.12 yards per attempt. There are a few details that made the passing concept so successful for them.

The Triangle

There are some different thought processes on how to teach the progression on Mesh; however, I believe the best way is the way Denbrock teaches it. He teaches:

Pre-Snap Access 1. Rail 2. Shallow 3. OTB 4. Rub Shallow

This progression gives the Quarterback a left to right or right to left progression, making it easy for him to marry his feet with his eyes seamlessly. This also gets the Rail route out of the backfield as the first read, which is usually the most forgotten about in coverage. On top of that, the Rail route is the best route to be used as a “hot” route. If the Rail route is not open, the Quarterback comes down to the Shallow that is being picked for by the other Shallow.

(Mesh concept from when Mike Denbrock was OC at Cincinnati)

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(Mesh with the Rail coming wide open)

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