free safety

noun

: a safety in football who has no particular receiver to cover in a man-to-man defense

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The state of the free safety position certainly doesn’t help things, either. —

Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024 The Packers sank the Bears 33-28 as Aaron Rodgers connected with Randall Cobb with 38 seconds remaining for a 48-yard touchdown on fourth-and-8 as free safety Chris Conte got caught standing flat-footed. —

Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024 But on second-and-goal from the 1, Falcons senior free safety Camby Goff forced Morrow to fumble at the 2, and senior linebacker Osaro Aihie recovered for the Falcons. —

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2024 Lynn shrugged off the change, pointing to the fact plenty of NFL teams use free safeties to relay signals. —

Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for free safety