3-5-3

A Scheme to Stop High-Powered Offenses
by: Patrick Finley
© November 2004

It seems like the phone never stops ringing at Georgia Military College. Since installing a new defense in 2001, the small college in Milledgeville, Ga., has become the de facto expert on the subject. And it seems that the more people hear about the 3-5-3 defensive scheme that they run, the more the phone keeps ringing, with coaches from high schools to colleges trying to find out GMC’s secret.

“I can’t begin to tell you how many phone calls and e-mails I’ve gotten about how to run the defense,” said GMC defensive coordinator Taylor Burks. “A lot of people seem to like it.”

“I would say that, since we started, between myself and the head coach, we’ve gotten at least 500 phone calls or e-mails. Probably more.”