slotback

[ slot-bak ]
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nounFootball.
  1. an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.

  2. the position played by this back.

Origin of slotback

1
First recorded in 1960–65; slot1 + back1

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