signal-caller

noun

sig·nal-call·er ˈsig-nᵊl-ˈkȯ-lər

plural signal-callers

American football

: quarterback

… one of the most-talented quarterbacks in the game, a signal-caller who leads a well-balanced offense on a team that is so confident and cool it acts as if it were going to the movies instead of Super Bowl XXVIII.—

Mike Freeman

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And none of them won as many games as Denver’s first-year signal-caller. —

Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Jan. 2025 One of the top signal-callers is Shedeur Sanders, who reacted to the draft order on his podcast on Tuesday. —

Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025 The love from both mom and dad showed as the Jaguars’ franchise signal-caller heads into the offseason with a new priority to worry about off the field. —

Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025 If Daboll can develop another signal-caller, then the Giants could look like geniuses for keeping him and Schoen around. —

Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for signal-caller