pass rusher

[pas ruhsh-er]

noun

1. Football.,  a defensive player who makes a pass rush.

Example Sentences

The Dallas Cowboys dealt a serious blow to their own defense when they traded away star pass rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers right before the season.

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The Chargers, who play at Miami on Sunday and are looking to stop a two-game losing slide, are getting a pass rusher who had a career-high 10 sacks last season but had yet to collect one in Baltimore’s 1-4 start this season.

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Late in the third quarter of Sunday’s 27-10 loss to Washington, Hampton came up limping after colliding with a Commanders pass rusher.

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He had a couple of notable mistakes in the first quarter, first allowing a pass rusher to slip around him and put a hit on quarterback Trey Lance, then jumping early into pass protection on a fourth-and-three and drawing a flag.

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Hamilton, 6 feet 2 and 299 pounds, showed run-stopping ability during training camp and also occasionally flashed as a pass rusher.

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