linebacker

/lahyn-bak-er/US // ˈlaɪnˌbæk ər //UK // (ˈlaɪnˌbækə) //

后卫,边后卫,中后卫,边锋

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Football.
- : a player on defense who takes a position close behind the linemen.
- : the position played by this player.

He grew up in western Pennsylvania, started at linebacker at Pitt and had a seven-year NFL playing career.
I was over 6 feet tall before my car accident, I was a middle linebacker in high school.
He reads the linebackers to determine what kind of leverage they would have on the route he is running.
That confidence and boldness that is so evident when he’s out there playing — that confidence to catch the ball and the boldness to run over a linebacker.
Before that, he cut his teeth at the college level, including stints with Brown — where the Massachusetts native had played as a defensive end and linebacker — Georgia Tech, Maryland and Duke.
Dyson was tackled by St. Louis linebacker Mike Jones a couple of yards shy of the end zone.
People are so eager to grab them that one man dives into the crowd like an NFL linebacker.
For linebacker Ray Lewis, a fitting end to a storied career.
Police say the NFL linebacker killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.
As his QB Wilson dashed up field, Tate blindsided Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee with a hit to the head.