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middle guard

noun

, Football.
  1. a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of middle guard1

1870–75, for an earlier sense
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Example Sentences

Middle guard Tyrik Dixon, who missed the previous game due to concussion protocol, returned and played 12 minutes.

Middle guard Tyrik Dixon, who missed the previous game due to concussion protocol, returned and played 12 minutes.

The truck then collided with the middle guard rail, which ripped its side open.

Woody beat up sideline yard markers, practicing for beating up a Clemson middle guard named Charlie Bauman, who had just intercepted a pass from Buckeyes quarterback Art Schlichter, the most enabled miscreant in the annals of the Big Ten.

According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Chicago’s Bill George, who played middle guard in the then-widespread five-lineman scheme, noticed that the Eagles were waiting for him to make contact with the center, then completing short passes before he could scramble back into coverage.

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