: a run made in football after catching an opponent's kick or intercepting a pass
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With Ritt’s runback with 1:03 left in the fourth quarter, coach Chuck Kyle called for a 2-point conversion.—Matt Goul, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022 Two epic plays: James Harrison’s 100-yard interception runback for a touchdown as the clock ran out in the first half and Santonio Holmes’ unbelievable catch of a Ben Roethlisberger pass to win the game in the waning seconds.—Al Michaels, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022 The fourth-round draft pick out of Iowa State scored on a 99-yard runback last week at San Francisco to become the first NFL player with multiple kickoff return touchdowns in a season since Cordarrelle Patterson had two for the Vikings in 2016.—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 5 Dec. 2021 Thorne threw an interception on an end-of-half Hail Mary attempt that nearly turned into a big play for the Terps until his tackle on the runback.—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for runback
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