running back

NOUN

football position

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fullback halfback tailback

WEAK

blocking back flanker back offensive back plunging back slotback wingback

Example Sentences

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Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs has been released from a Wisconsin jail a day after being arrested in relation to an alleged incident over the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Philadelphia also doesn’t have a particularly pass-heavy attack with a mobile quarterback in Jalen Hurts and running back Saquon Barkley.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Rising rates could send investors running back to the safety of Big Tech.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

They then added running back Kaelon Black - who did not even get an invitation to the NFL Combine - in the third round.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Mother had sent him over to the school to take Leah some boiled eggs for dinner, and he came running back to tell us Anatole was over there looking like he’d seen a ghost.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver