strong safety

American  

noun

Football.

1. the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.

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Example Sentences

“Our confidence stems from our strong safety record, market-tested operational expertise and experience in both left-hand drive and right-hand drive markets, a combined experience that many companies lack,” Zhang said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Playing strong safety, he has eight interceptions, with four returned for touchdowns.

From Los Angeles Times

Jaden Walk-Green, the starting center fielder for Corona Centennial’s baseball team and also the starting strong safety for the football team, was probably the most excited Huskies player last week when coach Matt Logan allowed World Series games to be shown on the school’s videoboard during football practices.

From Los Angeles Times

The Steelers had grown disenchanted with Fitzpatrick, who was named All-Pro in 2019, 2020 and 2022 but had only one interception in the last two seasons after moving from free safety to strong safety.

From Los Angeles Times

While Air India, and particularly the Dreamliners it flew, have a strong safety record, this knee-jerk reaction was to be expected, say experts, when a crash on this scale happens.

From BBC