After looking at how Matt Canada uses motion and leverage to help his run game, I wanted to look at him using those looks to set up play-action passing.
For that we are going to go back to 2012 and Matt Canada’s season in Wisconsin. The 2011 Badgers offense was led by Russell Wilson. In 2012 the Badgers handed the offense over to Matt Canada, and freshman quarterback Joel Stave. The Badgers also returned three future NFL running backs, Montee Ball, James White and Melvin Gordon. So while rookie Russell Wilson was quarterbacking the Seattle Seahawks to an 11-5 record and a Wild Card win in 2012, the Badgers were gaining 60% of their total yards on the ground as they went 8-6 and won the Big Ten Championship (Ohio State and Penn State were ineligible that year).