Former Utah OC and current Michigan OC, Jason Beck, dialed up Pin & Pull Midline 15 times in the 2025 regular season, averaging 7.73 yards per carry with a 67% success rate.
This run concept worked so well for them because it makes interior defensive lineman wrong, creates confusion for linebackers, gets athletes in space, and works against both odd and even fronts.
The Read Key
This play is usually ran with a 4-man surface and a 2-man surface. The read key is the first defensive lineman inside of the 4-man surface offensive tackle. Pin & Pull is ran to the 4-man surface side and a Counter type concept is ran to the other side.
In the play diagram above, the quarterback is reading the 3-tech since he is the first defensive lineman inside of the 4-man surface offensive tackle. The tight end (who is an extra offensive lineman a lot of times in Beck’s offense) pins the end man on the line of scrimmage. The 4-man surface offensive tackle and sniffer tight end pull around for the running back on sweep action.
The 2-man surface offensive guard blocks down on a 1-tech and the offensive tackle works up to the middle backer. Now based on this look, the center and the 4-man surface offensive guard kick and wrap for the quarterback pull.
Jason Beck dialed up Midline 4 times against Arizona State because of their two massive defensive lineman. Against an even front, Pin & Pull Midline makes one of the defensive lineman wrong by reading him and allows your guard and tackle to get a double team on the other defensive lineman.
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