nose tackle

noun

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Following the release of former starting nose tackle Shy Tuttle, the Panthers will put Jackson, a fifth-round pick, behind Bobby Brown in the lineup. Mike Kaye updated August 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025 The fourth-year Baltimore Ravens defensive lineman is a 6-foot-4, 341-pound embodiment of a nose tackle in today’s NFL. Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 Connor Lingren With sophomore Markis Deal sidelined most of camp, TCU needed someone to step up at nose tackle, and Lingren answered the call. Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025 The Chiefs opened the game with a pass play, and Suamataia finished that play on his backside, shoved there by nose tackle Byron Murphy II. Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 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 7 Sep. 2025.

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