Southern Miss will execute a version of the 4-2-5 defense in its attempt to slow Benny Snell and prevent Stephen Johnson from connecting on the Wildcats’ most threatening pass play which is the deep post route. Let’s review how defensive schemes are numerically labelled before we take a headfirst dive into X-and-O Land:
- 4 is the number of down defensive linemen.
- 2 is the number of linebackers.
- 5 is the number of defensive backs. In this case; the 4-2-5 continually operates with a Nickel base set.