The running play that halfback options usually resemble is a sweep play.

The halfback option play usually has limited success and is not commonly used, especially in the NFL.

Chrebet said he was delighted when he realized the Jets were going to call the halfback option play that led to the winning touchdown.

During high school in Battle Ground, Wash., he ran for 1,000 yards, kicked extra points, threw halfback options.

Meggett has thrown a touchdown pass from the halfback option the last three times the Giants and the Redskins have met.

On a halfback option Leon Johnson threw for the endzone but was intercepted.

He scored one on a run and tossed another one on a halfback option.

Brewster (3-5) attempted a halfback option, but Sullivan read the trick play, made the interception and scored the game's only touchdown.

"You think that halfback option play to him wasn't put in and used with me in mind?"

He even threw the first completed pass of his five pro seasons, a halfback option for 22 yards.