Armwood vs. Bartram Trail

After watching Bartram Trail on film, here are my observations:

Bartram Trail
St. Johns, FL
12-1

Offensive Scheme
Spread/Spread Option
Pistol
Doubles
Gun Flex

Favorite Plays
Run: Zone, Speed Options
Pass: Multiple route combinations

The outside: Bartram Trail is very similar to Armwood offensively. They run multiple spread formations and enough plays from those formations to get you thinking. They are sound in their scheme and each offensive play call dictates the next. It seems like each plays has a purpose. They don’t just motion a man because it looks cute or run a double move route because it worked in practice. Each play call seems pre-determined by what the defense has shown as a weakness, strength or slow to make adjusts.

QB – Nathan Peterman, 6-2/205lbs, University of Tennessee commit, is the real deal. He will be the best signal caller the Hawks would have seen all season. The boy can play. He has excellent footwork, eyes are always down field when he scrambles and never seems to panic. His mechanics are pretty good; throws a crisp ball and shows good arm strength. The games I watched, he was rarely off the mark.

RB – #2 Gade Johnson, 5-8/188lbs (senior), is a solid back. He provides a really good compliment for the athletic Peterman. He does not strike me as a natural zone RB, but he runs it well and has decent vision. Not afraid of contact and good straight ahead speed.

WR – The group of receivers reminds me of the Plant group from 2006. No real blazers that will beat the Hawks down the sideline, but all run really good routes and catch everything. They block well downfield and show tremendous hustle. The route combinations are well designed and will work the intermediate zones on the Armwood defense.

OL – Very sound group of lineman. Good size and latch onto defensive linemen. I did not see them push anyone around, but they are a zone team. They pick up interior pressures well and are technically sound in their pass protection.

Defensive Scheme
3-5-3 and 3-3 stack

The defensive as a whole is not very impressive. Both Columbia and Pace (playoff games) scored 24 points on the BT defense. Not one group has a stud player or shows any elements of a brick wall. Every other defensive series, the offensive opponent was driving the ball for 60, 70 and 80 yards for a score. The defense rarely pitched any 3 and outs. The defensive line is undersized and does not use their hands very well. The LBs get lost in traffic and have trouble making plays against larger offensive lines. The secondary is not bad, but they lack speed and did not show the ability big plays.