How to Use tailback in a Sentence

tailback

noun

• Odds are the speedy tailback blew by them on the way to the end zone.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 18 Jan. 2018
• Each of the five tailbacks has run for at least one touchdown.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
• Gordon was the tailback who missed the block.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
• Then the third-year tailback snuck to the right and made the wide open grab in the flat.
  — Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
• Four tailbacks from last year’s roster were free agents of some kind.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
• Could this be the game in which the Eagles ride their new tailback?
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• Almost like a wildcat tailback back there that can throw the ball.
  — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• Just about every team that wanted one took a tailback.
  — Omar Kelly april 20, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
• Harris faked the handoff to his tailback and ran around the right edge.
  — Hank Brady, NOLA.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• Your tailbacks and your offensive line are good enough to be your base.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025
• Ryan Hayes seemed to imply the team may have to go without the star tailback.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2022
• The staff even utilized its stable of tailbacks in the passing game.
  — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• But mostly, the Bills have allowed star tailbacks to run amok.
  — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
• Miami needs a fourth tailback to make it through training camp.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
• But that move would leave the Dolphins thin at tailback, and void of a team leader.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
• The second-year tailback had nine rushes for 16 yards and a score.
  — Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
• Williams didn’t arrive in Austin as a starting tailback.
  — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 25 June 2026
• But the blocking up front wasn’t consistent and the tailbacks couldn’t find much light.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 11 Aug. 2017
• Allen is the lone healthy tailback with more than 128 rushing yards this season.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2021
• Mike Weber is the only starting tailback of the decade who didn’t make the team.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 4 July 2020
• But then, as he was excused from the lectern, the junior tailback offered a final thought of his own.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
• Stoner was the first person to greet the tailback on the sideline after the score, and the two shared a hug.
  — The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2022
• The tailback just did his best Tyreek Hill impression.
  — Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
• His lone score came on a 22-yard screen pass to rookie tailback Kylin Hill.
  — Ryan Wood, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2021
• All Lewis could think about was how the oldest starting tailback in the league could still find a third gear in open space.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
• Now, the best tailback of this generation comes into town.
  — Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
• The All-Pro tailback has shown signs of regression the last two season.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• The longest rush by a tailback was 12 yards by Michael Wiley.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021
• As a mentor and sounding board, Faulk could be a coup for CU’s tailbacks.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
• The Hoosiers' Mike Majette had started the first two games at tailback.
  — Pete Diprimio, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2017