Center eligible?

[Ed Hickland]

In this area we recently found a few teams that are using the "swinging gate" with the center eligible.

All the linemen except for the center line up to one side of the line a few yards away from the center. The center, QB and another back line up in an I. Sometimes they shift into a regular formation or sometimes not. It is the not when the center stays eligible.

You have to sure they still meet all the numbering and positioning requirements whether they shift or not.