Triple option
![The wishbone formation.](/Images/godic/202502/17/Wishbone_Formation.svg3212.png")
![An example of an inside veer triple option](/Images/godic/202502/17/Triple_Option_veer3212.jpg")
![The Paul Johnson-concocted version of the triple option utilizing a quarterback, two slotbacks, a fullback, and two wide receivers, known as the flexbone formation. Here, Navy is running the offense against Army in the 2008 Army-Navy Game.](/Images/godic/202502/17/SpreadOptionFormation3212.JPG")
The triple option is an American football scheme used to offer multiple ways to progress the football forward in the field of play. The triple option is based on the option run, but uses three players who may run with the ball instead of the two that are used in the standard option run.