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scatback

(ˈskætˌbæk)
n
(American Football) US a running back or offensive position in American football requiring quick running and skilful ball-carrying
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scat•back

(ˈskætˌbæk)

n.
a fast, agile football running back.
[1945–50; Amer.]
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He is though blessed with an electric change of pace and an ability to hit a gap, which is a skillset that translates well for him to become a specialist running back, known as a "scatback".
He is, however, blessed an electric change of pace and an ability to hit a gap, which is a skill set that translates well for him to become a specialist running back, known as a "scatback".
The drive included a 21-yard pass play from Crossen to senior scatback Clay Conn (3 receptions, 38 yards) and a crucial 20-yard pass over the middle to Gino Cerrone on a 4th-and-10 play from the Indians' 26 yard-line.
Professor Longhair calmly moves under accidents and moves left of accidents, no blood or abrasions, no flying glass, deking like a scatback and raised up on pillars in celebration.
The Tigers have a couple of big-play threats in kickoff returners Demond Washington, a starting cornerback, and Onterio McCalebb, a scatback who will also be featured on offense.
His argument for Johnson was not only that the North Little Rock scatback did amazing feats despite his diminutive size, but that he did them in the toughest classification in the state, 7A.
Behind 6-5, 245-pound left tackle Nate Beyers and 6-6, 275-pound right tackle Jacob Capes, scatback Negil Bruce has burst for 874 yards and 13 touchdowns, including Sterling's single touchdown last week.
Because he's small in stature and is as fast a player as the Ducks have, he's cast as a scatback who likes to bounce outside and make yards in open space.
--Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who in an interview with the Dallas Morning News was attempting to point out that former Razorback Felix Jones (5-10, 207) shouldn't be considered a scatback.
"A lot of times teams that had a feature back, he was considered the first- and second-down guy, and then they put in a little scatback to be the third-down receiver," said Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane, who had a hand in drafting McCaffrey while with Carolina.