running back
an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
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How to use running back in a sentence
It was still a league of running backs and extraordinary defenses.
The NFL’s top QBs are waking up to their power, following Tom Brady and LeBron James | Jerry Brewer | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostWe’ll build the passing game around our players and our talent, and around our quarterback, and around our running backs, and around our offensive line, to suit our players to play winning football and score points.
John Harbaugh defends run-heavy attack, says Ravens want long-term deal for Lamar Jackson | Des Bieler | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostThe market for running backs has deflated in recent years but the more pressing concern is improving the defense.
Ohio State also made sure its running backs had holes to run through, with fewer than 13 percent of all rushing attempts stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage, the eighth-best rate in the country.
Here’s how Ohio State upsets Alabama and wins the national title | Neil Greenberg | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostWashington did not protect one of its practice squad running backs for Sunday, but if Gibson is unable to play, Javon Leake will probably be elevated again for depth.
Alex Smith and Antonio Gibson don’t practice, could miss Washington’s game vs. Seattle | Nicki Jhabvala | December 16, 2020 | Washington Post
So outraged he swung into action and summoned the former Baltimore Ravens running back to the NFL Vatican on Park Avenue.
NFL running back Ray Rice was caught on video dragging his unconscious fiancée out of an elevator.
A modest salary, and the Heisman-worthy running back should make the same as the pine-riding second-string punter.
In football the only positions at which there are truly meaningful statistics are quarterback and running back.
The Heisman ‘Bad Boys’: Jameis Winston, Johnny Manziel, and Who Should Really Win | Allen Barra | December 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSaying "vote no and go out and defend it" is like saying to a running back "just go out and gain 150 yards."
They had proceeded a mile when Bruno came running back, showing by his manner he had news to impart.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnIn the 'Vigilant,' the jackyarder was set most cleverly over the jibheaded topsail when running back in the final race.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.While the man was thinking of this, Fido came running back again, and dashed at him furiously.
The Animal Story Book | VariousShe came running back to me, full of savage joy at her Success, and put her arm under my shoulder and told me to come.
The Way of a Man | Emerson HoughThe sailors and volunteers slung their muskets behind them, and, running back, endeavoured to check the course of the flames.
A Roving Commission | G. A. Henty
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