Linebacker
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage
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a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- line backerlinebacker
- alternatephrasing
- Line Backer
- plural
- Linebackers
- possessive
- Linebacker's
- pluralpossessive
- Linebackers'