nose tackle

noun

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Robinson, cornerback Robert Rochell and nose tackle Bobby Brown all played with Scott in LA. Mike Kaye january 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026 While the return of Micah Parsons and Devonte Wyatt should help next season, there’s still a major need for a massive, run-stuffing nose tackle in the trenches. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026 Harris can line up as a nose tackle and has the versatility to be a one-technique defensive tackle, who lines up on the outside shoulder of the center in 4-3 formations. Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026 Zeek Biggers needs to replace Benito Jones as Miami’s starting nose tackle in these final games of 2025. Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nose tackle

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nose tackle was in 1975

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“Nose tackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nose%20tackle. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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