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In American football, a nickelback is a cornerback or safety who serves as the additional defensive back in a nickel defense. A base defense consists of two cornerbacks and two safeties, making the nickelback the fifth defensive back on the field, thus tying the name of the position to the name of the North American 5-cent piece.
In American football, a nickel defense (also known as a 4–2–5 or 3–3–5) is any defensive alignment that uses five defensive backs, of whom the fifth is known as a nickelback. The original and most common form of the nickel defense features four down linemen and two linebackers .
Any defense consisting of six defensive backs. The sixth defensive back is known as the dimeback and this defense is also used in passing situations (particularly when the offense is using four wide receivers). As the extra defensive back in the nickel formation is called the nickel, two nickels gives you a dime, hence the name of the formation.
Nickel - coined for the fifth defensive back on the football field in sub-packages. Two safeties, two cornerbacks to man either sideline and an extra player from the bench who lines up in the slot.
Kader Kohou is listed as the starting nickel cornerback, with Nik Needham on the second team and impressive Wisconsin rookie Jason Maitre on the third team. Kohou has had a good camp.
The Buffalo Bills signed nickel cornerback Taron Johnson to a three-year contract extension on Monday, locking him up through the 2027 season. Starting cornerback Tre’Davious White and starting ...
The fifth defensive back is commonly called the nickelback (so named because a five-cent coin in the U.S. and Canada is called a nickel). By extension, a sixth defensive back is called a dimeback (because the next value coin in the U.S. and Canada is called a dime). Rarely, teams may employ seven or even eight defensive backs.
The Dolphins value his ability to play nickel cornerback, boundary cornerback and safety and showed faith in him by re-signing him to a minimum contract last March even while knowing it might take ...