walk-on
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After years of learning the techniques of a long snapper, Olson earned a first-string spot at the position for Orange Lutheran and joined the Trojans in 2015 as a walk-on player.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
“If I did nothing but eat and lift for six months,” a football fan might fantasize, “I could be a walk-on at the next Jets training camp.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
That makes me excited to wake up and do the whole, like, walk-on or whatever.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
Sam Hoiberg was a walk-on who figured he’d have to leave Nebraska to make an impact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
He's found his way onto the stage, not only in Dumas's own adaptations of the Musketeers saga, but as a walk-on character in Cyrano de Bergerac by Rostand, for example.
From Project Gutenberg Dumas Commentary by Bursey, John
