walk-on
Example Sentences
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After years of learning the techniques of a long snapper, Olson earned a first-string spot at the position for Orange Lutheran and joined the Trojans in 2015 as a walk-on player.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
At Notre Dame: The movie “Rudy” immortalizes a real-life 1975 Notre Dame-Georgia Tech game in which a walk-on football player and a teammate sacked the opposing quarterback, helping the Fighting Irish win 24-3.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
That makes me excited to wake up and do the whole, like, walk-on or whatever.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
Sam Hoiberg was a walk-on who figured he’d have to leave Nebraska to make an impact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Some twenty-five years ago, I and another member of the "Grill-room Club" used occasionally to "walk-on" in the great autumn Drury Lane melodramas.
From Here, There and Everywhere by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord
