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nose guard

American  

noun

Football.
  1. middle guard.


Etymology

Origin of nose guard

First recorded in 1975–80

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Whether it was nose guard Gavin Blum, linebacker Greg Blomdahl or Port, the consistent pressure drove Meeker to tally just 163 passing yards on 31 attempts because Mira Costa’s run game was struggling.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2024

Georgia's Jordan Davis is a massive nose guard who anchors a defense that has allowed only 6.9 points per game.

From Fox News Dec. 2, 2021

Now the senior lives in the trenches as the team’s center and nose guard.

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2021

Fickell spent 16 years coaching at Ohio State, where he played nose guard in the 1990s and led the Buckeyes for a season between the tenures of the title-winning coaches Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer.

From New York Times Oct. 1, 2021

But his nose guard had saved him from injury and, when the wriggling mass was disentangled, it was found that he still had the ball.

From Bert Wilson on the Gridiron by Duffield, J. W.

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