pulling the center

Like to pull the center uncovered when running counters, technique is the same as pulling the guards. Coach Campbell

It is a tough thing to do. You have to have a good (if not great) center who can snap the ball quickly and a QB who has good feet who can get their rear out of the way and not get tripped. Another thing to think about, can your guard's get a surge so the C does not have to give ground and risk running into the center? Only had a couple of centers that we felt could do that job, but we didn't have the guards in those years that we felt could get a great surge on any given play...thus didn't pull the center. If you're a gun team, then there is less of an issue with feet tangling, obviously. I'd be more apt to pull a great center out of the gun than from under center.