tight end
noun
: an offensive football end who lines up close to the tackle and can act as a lineman or receiver
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The first was a 7-play, 96-yard first quarter drive that included a 57-yard pass to tight end Tucker Kraft.
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end popped the question at a garden in the Kansas City, Missouri area with a diamond ring experts believe cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The Packers went 65 yards, and Love used his own tight end, finding Kraft for the easy touchdown.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The on-air reporter and Kansas City Chiefs tight end began dating in 2017 and were in an on-again, off-again relationship for five years.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end popped the question at a garden in the Kansas City, Missouri area with a diamond ring experts believe cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The Packers went 65 yards, and Love used his own tight end, finding Kraft for the easy touchdown.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The on-air reporter and Kansas City Chiefs tight end began dating in 2017 and were in an on-again, off-again relationship for five years.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Tight end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight%20end. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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