free safety
noun
: a safety in football who has no particular receiver to cover in a man-to-man defense
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Tom Brady’s eldest son, Jack, plays high school football as a free safety and, yes, quarterback.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Primarily a free safety, Cisco has the range to play deep but has shown enough in run support to merit a varied role.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Hawkins, an ex-Charger and Falcon, fits the traditional free safety mold best among that group and is seeing regular time with the Patriots' top units, despite the fact none of Dugger, Peppers and Mapu haven't missed much of OTAs.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 June 2024
The 5-11, 212-pound senior free safety had 46 tackles last fall.
—Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Primarily a free safety, Cisco has the range to play deep but has shown enough in run support to merit a varied role.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Hawkins, an ex-Charger and Falcon, fits the traditional free safety mold best among that group and is seeing regular time with the Patriots' top units, despite the fact none of Dugger, Peppers and Mapu haven't missed much of OTAs.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 June 2024
The 5-11, 212-pound senior free safety had 46 tackles last fall.
—Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Free safety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20safety. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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