defensive back
Americannoun
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Just to make it on the field, he’d taken up punting and playing defensive back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“What defensive back would jump that route in a playoff game, with reckless abandon? It just didn’t make sense.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
That’s when Longhorn defensive back Graceson Littleton made the interception, the clock ran out, the cannon boomed, and the stadium went wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Lake pointed to the Rams’ 2021 team that won Super Bowl LVI with lockdown defensive back Jalen Ramsey paired with a dominating Donald.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
He had been All-State three years, making it as a sophomore, as a junior, and then both ways at receiver and defensive back as a senior.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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