tight end
noun
: an offensive football end who lines up close to the tackle and can act as a lineman or receiver
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The Raiders are covered at tight end — what a room!
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Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Only Georgia’s Bowers had more receptions and targets among FBS tight ends over that span.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
The Raiders wound up taking Georgia’s Brock Bowers, in keeping with that club’s storied history of outstanding tight ends.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
The Eagles improved to 5-8-1 in 1973, when Gabriel connected with the 6-foot-8 Harold Carmichael, whose 67 receptions led the league; the 6-foot-4 tight end Charles Young, who was voted All-Pro as a rookie; and the 6-foot-3 Don Zimmerman.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Along with Swift attending Kelce's games, the tight end has also traveled around the globe supporting her during her Era's Tour, from Buenos Aires to Sydney.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
Then, in September, Swift stepped out at one of NFL tight end Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs games, seeming to confirm their courtship.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2024
The most recent catalyst was, in part, love: in the midst of her record-breaking Eras Tour, Swift, who is thirty-four, began dating Travis Kelce, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
The pop superstar and Kansas City Chiefs tight end showed their support for some of the singer’s musical collaborators at the popular Indio, Calif., musical festival on Saturday night (April 13).
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2024
Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Only Georgia’s Bowers had more receptions and targets among FBS tight ends over that span.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
The Raiders wound up taking Georgia’s Brock Bowers, in keeping with that club’s storied history of outstanding tight ends.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
The Eagles improved to 5-8-1 in 1973, when Gabriel connected with the 6-foot-8 Harold Carmichael, whose 67 receptions led the league; the 6-foot-4 tight end Charles Young, who was voted All-Pro as a rookie; and the 6-foot-3 Don Zimmerman.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Along with Swift attending Kelce's games, the tight end has also traveled around the globe supporting her during her Era's Tour, from Buenos Aires to Sydney.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
Then, in September, Swift stepped out at one of NFL tight end Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs games, seeming to confirm their courtship.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2024
The most recent catalyst was, in part, love: in the midst of her record-breaking Eras Tour, Swift, who is thirty-four, began dating Travis Kelce, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
The pop superstar and Kansas City Chiefs tight end showed their support for some of the singer’s musical collaborators at the popular Indio, Calif., musical festival on Saturday night (April 13).
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Tight end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight%20end. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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