upback

English

Etymology

up +‎ back

Noun

upback (plural upbacks)

  1. (American football) A blocking back who lines up approximately 1-3 yards behind the line of scrimmage in punting situations.
    • 2009 September 20, Chris Zelkovich, “Disastrous start too much for Argos”, in Toronto Star‎:
      But long snapper Steve Schmidt hit upback Bryan Crawford with the snap and Jason Arakgi recovered for the Lions at the Argo eight.

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