So I went to a HS football game in Omaha this past Friday night. I noticed something odd going on with 1 team on the sideline. There was at least 2 different players who were constantly changing their jersey numbers during the entire game. For instance, player #11 plays safety. After a change of possession this player would come to the sideline and sometimes put jersey #71 on. He did not play offense nor special teams that I noticed. But during the game he would play his safety position sometimes wearing #11 and sometimes wearing #71. It was odd seeing a player in the secondary wearing #71. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to when he wore #11 or #71.
Another player played defensive end wearing #25. This same player played offensive line wearing #60. I didn't think much of it at first. But this player would play defensive end sometimes wearing the #60 and sometimes wearing #25. So the same exact player playing the same defensive position would go in on different series wearing different numbers. He always would wear #60 when he played on the offensive line. I noticed on a couple series before going into the game he would look at a defensive coach seemingly asking what jersey number the coach wanted him to wear for that defensive series.
I could not figure out why a coach would have players doing this. It did not seem to create any competitive advantage that I could think of which makes it that much more confusing as to why the team was even doing it. Are there any refs on the board that may have some insight to this? Thanks.
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Another player played defensive end wearing #25. This same player played offensive line wearing #60. I didn't think much of it at first. But this player would play defensive end sometimes wearing the #60 and sometimes wearing #25. So the same exact player playing the same defensive position would go in on different series wearing different numbers. He always would wear #60 when he played on the offensive line. I noticed on a couple series before going into the game he would look at a defensive coach seemingly asking what jersey number the coach wanted him to wear for that defensive series.
I could not figure out why a coach would have players doing this. It did not seem to create any competitive advantage that I could think of which makes it that much more confusing as to why the team was even doing it. Are there any refs on the board that may have some insight to this? Thanks.
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