How to Use backfield in a Sentence

backfield

noun

• The team has a strong backfield.
• And think of the guy who’s got to guard our backs out of the backfield.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
• This is where Mims in the backfield could go off.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
• His jump cuts in the backfield looked summer fresh.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
• Lewis was open right away, streaking out of the backfield to the right flat.
  — Pat Leonard, courant.com, 3 Nov. 2020
• Woods has lined up wide, tight, in the slot and in the backfield this season.
  — Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2021
• Griffin gets it again but is stopped in the backfield for a loss of 1.
  — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2022
• If somebody runs through a gap and makes a play in the backfield, then your drive’s over.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
• If somebody runs through a gap and makes a play in the backfield, then your drive’s over.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
• Austin Ekeler in no way was a true run threat from the backfield.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
• Jones was back at practice and even saw a little work in the backfield.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2024
• Cook brings pop to a defensive backfield that lacked it last year.
  — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
• Brees lined up out wide and stayed in the backfield as the play developed.
  — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020
• Jaylen Wright got stuffed on the first run of minicamp in the backfield.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
• Jones can make plays both on the ground and as a receiver out of the backfield.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
• Watching prospects on the backfields may be the most fun part of spring training.
  — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
• Perine came out of the backfield on a slip screen and ran down the sidelines for the score.
  — Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2022
• The backfield is deep, led by Le’Veon Moss.
  — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
• The other area to keep an eye on is what the Vikings choose to do in the backfield.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025
• Smith, a backfield backup, is a question mark.
  — Sam McDowell December 21, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
• This team does not have Marshawn Lynch in the backfield.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
• Across the league, there are a lot of teams that could use that kind of production in the backfield.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
• The rest of the backfield offered little.
  — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2026
• The backfield will certainly need some changes.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
• Do the Aggies have enough in the backfield left to ride their running game?
  — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
• That’s the downside of a backfield timeshare.
  — Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
• Those guys have allowed D'Avanzo to make plays in the backfield.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2021
• The next play, I got trapped in the backfield and gained negative yards.
  — Peter Ji, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
• Last season, the question of who was going to start in the backfield was what reigned.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
• Among the most notable storylines was the play out of the backfield.
  — Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025