The "Waggle" play from the Delaware Winged T offense, here shown from "Red" formation, is one type of bootleg. The quarterback fakes hand offs to both the halfback and fullback before rolling out with the protection of both guards. A running back ( RB) is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield. In American football, a fullback ( FB) is a position in the offensive backfield In American and Canadian football, a guard ( G) is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line The quarterback then has the choice of passing or running the ball.

In American football, a bootleg play is a play in which the quarterback runs with the ball in the direction of either sideline behind the line of scrimmage. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with A play from scrimmage is the activity of the games of Canadian football and American football during which one team tries to advance the ball or to score and the Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. The "sidelines" is a term commonly used to define the white or colored lines which mark the outer boundaries of a sports field In American and Canadian football a line of scrimmage is an imaginary transverse line crossing the football field across its narrower dimension beyond This can be accompanied by a play action, or false hand off of the ball to a running back running the opposite direction. A running back ( RB) is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield.

The quarterback can be accompanied by an offensive lineman to block for him, or run without a blocker, which is known as a naked bootleg. In American football, blocking is a legal move occurring when one player obstructs another player's path with his body More complex versions involve multiple offensive linemen moving with the quarterback to block and multiple false hand offs; one such variation is known as a rollout. After escaping the area behind the offensive line, the quarterback may either throw a pass downfield or run with the ball himself to gain yards. In several forms of Football a forward pass is when the ball is thrown in the direction of the opponent's end line A yard (abbreviation yd) is a unit of Length in several different systems including English units Imperial units and United

A bootleg is called to confuse the defense, by moving the quarterback away from where they expect him to be, directly behind the center. The quarterback's motion may also attract the attention of the defensive backs, allowing one of the receivers to become uncovered. A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football The play is typically used by teams with mobile, or fast, quarterbacks, such as Steve Young, David Garrard, Randall Cunningham, Jared Lorenzen, Rex Grossman and Vince Young. Steve Young (born Jon Steven Young on October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City Utah) is a former Quarterback for the NFL's David Douglas Garrard (born February 14, 1978 in East Orange, New Jersey) is an American football Quarterback for the Randall W Cunningham (born March 27, 1963 in Santa Barbara California) is a former American football Quarterback. Jared Raymond Lorenzen (born February 14, 1981, in) is an American football Quarterback who is currently a Free agent. Rex Daniel Grossman III (born August 23, 1980 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American football Quarterback for the Vincent Paul Young Jr (born May 18 1983 in Houston Texas) commonly Vince Young, or " VY " is an award-winning American football

Additional variations can be combined with bootleg plays. In the West Coast offense variant designed around quarterback Michael Vick, counter techniques combined with play action bootleg plays served to provide several types of simultaneous misdirection which caused defensive players to freeze after often misjudging the intended direction of the play. In American football, " West Coast Offense " ("WCO" is one of two similar but distinct offensive-strategic-systems of play (A the "Air Coryell" Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26 1980 in Newport News Virginia) is a suspended National Football League (NFL Quarterback under contract In American football, a counter run is a running play in which the Running back will take a step in the opposite direction of the play only to get the handoff in A play action pass is a type of American football play The play action or "PA" for short appears to be a running play but is actually a pass play in this way These techniques, along with Michael Vick's unusual athleticism, slow down and isolate defenders and provide extra space and time for the quarterback to survey the field and/or run the ball. Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26 1980 in Newport News Virginia) is a suspended National Football League (NFL Quarterback under contract

The name comes from the fact that on a play action the quarterback often hides the ball from the defense by his thigh to make the run look more convincing. This is similar to the way bootleggers would hide whiskey in their trousers during Prohibition. Rum-running is the business of Smuggling or transporting of Alcoholic beverages illegally usually to circumvent Taxation or Prohibition. Whisky (uisge-beatha or whiskey (uisce beatha or fuisce) refers to a broad category of Alcoholic beverages that are distilled from fermented Trousers are an item of Clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth stretching across Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol

Frankie Albert, an All American quarterback at Stanford University, is given credit for inventing the bootleg play in 1940. Frank Cullen "Frankie" Albert ( January 27, 1920 - September 5, 2002) was a Quarterback in the NFL. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in ^[1]

See also

• Glossary of American football

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