I was thumbing through YouTube and found myself watching 1999 Clemson thursday night game (thanks to hokietapes). The ESPN graphics of the starting lineups displayed our FL (flankers) and SE (split ends). I remember hearing this terminology used in reference to Eddie Royal's class back in '04, but I haven't heard SE and FL used here lately. Were these VT positions (like whip, rover, mike, backer)? Do we have flankers and split ends today? Do they only apply to certain formations? I can look up the positions, but wonder if some of the gurus have some insight from a VT perspective. Thanks! Go Hokies.
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The way I understand it is it is basically like how you have strong safety and free safety. Most of the time they are just listed as "safety."
The same goes for flankers and split ends, they are usually just referred to as WRs. If I recall the split end goes on the short side of the field and the flanker on the other.
I believe Danny "7-11" Coales was a Flanker. Boykin was a Split End.
Isn't that what they called his gloves?
Their isn't a lot of difference between the two anymore for most teams. The main difference is which one aligns on the line of scrimmage. The split end, similar to the tight end, is on the line if scrimmage while the flanker is lined up off the line.