Heisman, the first director of the DAC

Heisman – The award given to the best college football player in the country by the Downtown Athletic Club (DAC) in New York City. Named after John W. Warren Mulrey of Fordham University modeled for the pose of the trophy.

This call is to protect a quarterback from getting unnecessarily slammed to the ground

Hidden Game of Football – The best book ever written about NFL statistics, and the book that got Aaron started in thinking about how to evaluate football plays and players. Written by Bob Carroll, Pete Palmer and John Thorn.

Hitch – A part of a pass route that causes a defender to stumble. Frequently will be a faked stop by the receiver, who then continues on to another part of the field.

Hook and lateral – Seen as a trick play where a receiver will run a pass route that is straight down the field, stop and turns back to face the quarterback where he catches the pass. Without trying to advance the ball, he immediately throws the ball to a teammate who is not forward of him. Used by the Miami Dolphins to score a touchdown on the last play of the first half against the San Diego Chargers on e that some consider the greatest NFL game ever played. (Maryland residents consider this blasphemy.)

Lateral – A thrown ball to a player that is either lateral to or behind the ball carrier relative to the yard lines

Hook – A pass route where the receiver runs down field approximately 12 yards and turns back to face the quarterback to catch the pass.

Immaculate Reception – , AFC divisional playoff, with 10 seconds left in the game, the Raiders led the Steelers 10-6 and the Steelers had the ball on 4th and 10. QB Terry Bradshaw threw to John “Frenchy” Fuqua but Raider safety Jack Tatum hit Fuqua at the same time as the ball arrived, knocking the ball loose. RB Franco Harris caught the deflection just inches from the ground and then raced 42 yards for the game-winning touchdown.

In motion/motion/motion man – An offensive player who moves around the backfield prior to the snap of the ball. Rules state that the player may not be moving toward the line of scrimmage at the snap of the ball and may only have one man in motion up until one second before the snap of the ball.

In the grasp – When a play is ended by an official because the quarterback is being held by a defender and in the official’s opinion the quarterback is no longer attempting to complete the play.

Intentional grounding – A penalty when a quarterback intentionally throws the ball in a place where none of his receivers can catch it or in an area without any receivers in an attempt to avoid being tackled for a loss of yardage. In addition, for this play to be a penalty, he must have thrown the ball while being in the tackle box and the ball must make it to at least the line of scrimmage. The penalty is 10 yards and a loss of down.

James, Bill – The man who coined the word “sabermetrics” and led the revolution in statistical analysis of baseball with his annual Baseball Abstract books in the 1980s. The model for our NFL analysis.

Kickout block – On a running play, this blocker is running parallel to the line of scrimmage and his job is to to keep the outside edge rusher (usually a DE or OLB) from crashing to the inside http://hookupdate.net/fetlife-review/. It’s almost always a fullback or a pulling guard who does the kickout block. Opposite of a crackback block.