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nose guard

NOUN
defensive player opposite center
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Georgia's Jordan Davis is a massive nose guard who anchors a defense that has allowed only 6.9 points per game.

From Fox News • Dec. 2, 2021

Now the senior lives in the trenches as the team’s center and nose guard.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

Oxendine’s injury follows a season-ending knee injury to nose guard Marquan McCall.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021

As he discussed the Notre Dame game this week, you could see the wrestler and nose guard in his trim-yet-toned body, pushing to get out.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2021

But his nose guard had saved him from injury and, when the wriggling mass was disentangled, it was found that he still had the ball.

From Bert Wilson on the Gridiron by Duffield, J. W.



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