The Hail Mary Pass is very rarely successful and was really developed as a ‘play’ when Doug Flutie was the QB for Boston College way back in the day. In the image above, you can see what almost appears to be a scrum of receivers and defenders all jumping up and trying to catch or knock down the ball. The ball is not intended for any one guy, it’s just heaving it down the field in hopes that one of his guys catches it and not one of the ‘other’ guys. Then the quarterback (saying a couple of Hail Mary prayers under his breath), throws the ball as high and as far as he can. To do this, they would likely put in a bunch of really fast and tall wide receivers (4-5 of them) and let them run as fast down the field as possible. It is at a time like this (losing by more than 3 points or outside of range to kick a field goal), that a team may call a Hail Mary Pass.

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