roverback
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[edit]Noun
[edit]roverback (plural roverbacks)
- (American football) A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a hybrid of those of a cornerback, safety and linebacker.
- 2009, Bob Boyles, Paul Guido, editors, The USA Today College Football Encyclopedia, 2009 edition[1], page 294:
- Many of the gifts that made [Brad Van Pelt] a football star at defensive roverback— speed and instinct, for example— did little to serve him as a fire-balling pitcher.