FB Vonta Leach (#44) with a "wham" block on NT Casey Hampton
Often times the "wham" will come against a nose-tackle (as above). The center (Birk) uses an "olay" block (ignores the man aligned over him, climbs to second level) allowing Leach to trap the nose tackle. It is an effective way to occupy a 2-gapping defensive lineman with one player instead of double-teaming him.
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| A draw-up of an H-back Wham on a 1-technique DT. Courtesy of Coach McElvany |
The success of this playcall tends to arise from its unpredictability. Defensive lineman who have seen wham on tape are taught to collision the wham-blocker creating an undesirable amount of traffic at the point of attack. However, a play-action compliment to this play can also be effective.
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| A variant of Wham that uses play-action to get the H-Back into the flat |
Outside Resources:
- Complimenting the Inside Zone with Wham
- What is a Wham Block?
- Playbook Session: The Base NFL Run Game
- Draw Up: The 49ers and the Wham Play
- Film Study | Because We All Need A Little More WHAM in Our Lives
- All 22 film breakdown: How the 49ers found their offensive identity versus the Rams
- A Multiple Run Game with the Zone Scheme
- Film Review: OSU Tight Zone Wham vs. Oregon
