nose guard

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Johnson explained that he lined up primarily at nose guard last season with the New York Giants but also said he played as wide as outside the offensive tackle at times.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2022

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

Fickell spent 16 years coaching at Ohio State, where he played nose guard in the 1990s and led the Buckeyes for a season between the tenures of the title-winning coaches Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer.

From New York 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.