nose tackle

noun

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Senior nose tackle Jack Talley registered multiple tackles for loss as Riverdale Ridge allowed double-digit points for just the second time all season. Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025 Nearly 50 players from last year’s 6-7 team went into the portal, including several players who left for schools that made bigger offers, such as pass-rusher Beau Atkinson (Ohio State), linebacker Amare Campbell (Penn State) and nose tackle Travis Shaw (Texas). The Athletic Colleges Staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 And plays nose tackle on defense. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2025 Baltimore should be even better in the secondary after picking up former Green Bay corner Jaire Alexander, and the front seven is largely unchanged, though Baltimore will miss nose tackle Michael Pierce, who retired this offseason. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nose tackle

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nose tackle was in 1975

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“Nose tackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nose%20tackle. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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