Fayette Villains has a write up on Enos 2.0

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Will be really interesting to see if Enos installs any of that 2015 offense or if it’s 99% shotgun/pistol like at Maryland

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We’ll run through Enos’s history, but he doesn’t have a single “system” and instead adapts his offense to fit his personnel. He is a very good playcaller and tends to make life very easy for his quarterback.

A few things are consistent with Enos at every stop:

Lots of quick rhythm passes.
Enos QBs tend to have very high completion percentages because Enos gives them a lot of simple reads on early downs to soften up the defense. These tend to be horizontal (in a West Coast style) to force the defense so stretch sideline-to-sideline, opening up the run and deep passing game.

Pass sets up the run.
If you’ve misremembered Enos’s first stint as OC and are worried that Arkansas is reverting to a smashmouth “three yards and a cloud of dust” scheme… then don’t. Enos offenses tend to be about 55-45 run-pass, compared to 63-37 run-pass for Arkansas in 2022. Enos will use his West Coast background to dial up those horizontal passes to spread the defense and create running lanes. The Hogs will not be trying to pound the ball straight into loaded boxes.

Deep throws off play-action.
A combination of horizontal passing and downhill running will eventually force opposing safeties to start peeking into the backfield or the flats. Enos loves old-school play-action throws down the field to create big plays.

Heavy use of the tight end.
Enos likes all-around tight ends who can block and also catch passes. At least one tight end will always be on the field, and the position will serve as a checkdown or a complement to the other parts of the offense.

Receivers as blockers.
Enos has used different run schemes in different places, but he does seem to love using receivers as blockers, especially when receivers line up near to the formation. Arkansas’ 2015 team in particular created a lot of long runs because receivers set up great downfield blocking. That comes up a lot in watching Maryland as well.

All of these were part of Enos’s first Arkansas stint and have been part of all of his offenses since. However, he has changed some things.

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Enos did a nice job of continuing to confuse the defense with sequential playcalls. I don’t think Kendal Briles ever quite mastered this. Most of his most brilliant playcalls were independent of each other.

Here’s an example. In the 2015 Ole Miss game, Arkansas hits this play-action flag route for a nice gain:

But rather than just be happy with that, the Hogs hit Ole Miss with the same play a few drives later, and except this time, Jared Cornelius is going to break in, converting the route to a post instead of a flag:


That’s two huge plays for the price of one. That’s what you get with a good play caller.

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Watching Maryland, I see a lot of the same basic ideas that Enos ran in Fayetteville, just out of a more modern look.

Here’s a typical early-down throw to get the quarterback comfortable:


And the tight end will be used. Here, the Terps are in 11 personnel with a wing TE. Maryland uses some motion as window dressing and then sets up a nice shovel RPO:


Now they’ll use the wing TE as a fullback for a little insert run:


We haven’t seen Arkansas run the ball with a lead blocker like that very much over the last several years.

All of those easy passes and downhill runs are setting up this: play-action. This is a beauty: a deep crossing route off a power run (note the pulling guard):


All of this should look pretty familiar to Hog fans, because it is.

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Could not agree more. His analysis/insight laps the field of the rest of our media.

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