How to Use shovel pass in a Sentence

shovel pass

noun

• Maybe even a shovel pass to a tight end.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
• Gavin Sawchuk may or may not have crossed the goal line on a shovel pass.
  — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
• The Browns tried again, this time with a shovel pass to Chubb.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2019
• Malik Nabers was stopped short of the goal line on a shovel pass inside.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
• His pass was a 77-yard shovel pass to Atwell in the first quarter.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2019
• Charlton swatted away a shovel pass for the game-saving play.
  — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 13 Dec. 2022
• Penn State used him in other ways, too, on shovel passes and on a fake punt.
  — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
• Michigan had a delay of game near midfield that spoiled a shovel pass that would've been a big play.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2017
• Bates started the game with a two-yard score off a shovel pass and added a 31-yard touchdown run.
  — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
• Three plays later, Hill took a Drew Brees shovel pass in for a score.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2019
• Two series later, on third down, Stafford launched a shovel pass to nobody.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2017
• Keenum's shovel pass to Luther Burden went for an eight-yard touchdown.
  — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
• Kafka sent in a call for a shotgun shovel pass to running back Saquon Barkley.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
• Moore executed that plan with poise as the Chiefs scored on a lob, a shovel pass and a handoff.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2019
• Mahomes capped the Chiefs’ first drive with a 3-yard shovel pass to Travis Kelce.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• Jackson caught it, then flipped it like a hot potato to Brown, who didn’t need to break stride to secure the shovel pass.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• Trevor Lawrence hits Dan Arnold with the shovel pass for the 2-point conversion.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2021
• Mahomes capped Kanas City’s first drive with a 3-yard shovel pass to Travis Kelce.
  — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2019
• Needing the two-point conversion to tie, a shovel pass was stopped short of the goal line by the Western defense.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• The Packers ran the ball eight times on the drive, and scored on a 4-yard shovel pass from Rodgers to Jones.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2021
• That led to Travis Etienne’s third touchdown of the half, a 5-yard shovel pass from Lawrence.
  — Ralph D. Russo, The Seattle Times, 8 Jan. 2019
• Later, a shovel pass to Alvin Kamara went in on third-and-goal from the 12.
  — Gary Gramling, SI.com, 1 Oct. 2017
• Loghmani returned his interception of a shovel pass 27 yards for a pick six.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026
• Rice caught a shovel pass from Patrick Mahomes on the Chiefs’ first drive of their Week 7 matchup.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
• His 3-yard touchdown reception off a Drew Lock shovel pass was a thing of red-zone beauty.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2019
• The 49ers’ only touchdown came on a 22-yard shovel pass to Breida.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Goedert receives shovel pass from Wentz and runs for 2 and a first down at the Eagles’ 40.
  — oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2019
• Mertz’s shovel pass to Mellusi for 35 yards – on the first play of the drive – moved the ball to the Irish 21.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2021
• Tayvion Robinson took a shovel pass 5 yards to the end zone to cap a crucial drive and get Kentucky back within one score.
  — The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2022
• Is there a world in which a 2024 version of Daniels’ shovel pass to John Bates would have worked?
  — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026