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2. Safety (gridiron football position) - Wikipedia

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   Free safety and strong safety positions in the 3–4 defense. Safety (S), historically known as a safetyman, is a position in gridiron football on the defense. The safeties are defensive backs who line up ten to fifteen yards from the line of scrimmage. There are two variations of the position: the free safety (FS) and the strong safety (SS ...

3. Records for safeties in football - Wikipedia

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   [42] [43] [44] The 1970 rulebook (Rule 8-5-3) stated, "If a scrimmage kick fails to cross the neutral zone, or crosses the neutral zone and is first touched by Team B, or is untouched and then rebounds into the end zone where it is recovered by Team A, it is a safety," and (8-5-4) "If the penalty for a foul committed when the ball is free ...

4. Eddie Jackson (safety) - Wikipedia

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   Prior to his junior year in 2015, Jackson switched from cornerback to safety. [4] [5] [6] He played in all 15 games, recording 46 tackles and six interceptions. He was named the Defensive MVP of the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship after recording three tackles and an interception against Clemson in a 45–40 victory.

5. Mike Mitchell (safety) - Wikipedia

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   Entering training camp, he was the expected starting free safety, replacing Ryan Clark, who left for the Washington Redskins during the off-season. He started the season opener against the Cleveland Browns and made a season-high 7 combined tackles.

6. Safety (gridiron football score) - Wikipedia

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   In gridiron football, the safety (American football) or safety touch (Canadian football) is a scoring play that results in two points being awarded to the scoring team. Safeties can be scored in a number of ways, such as when a ball carrier is tackled in his own end zone or when a foul is committed by the offense in its own end zone.

7. Mike Brown (safety) - Wikipedia

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   Mike Brown (born February 13, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected with the eighth pick of the second round of the 2000 NFL draft out of the University of Nebraska by the Chicago Bears. Brown was ranked #49 in ESPN Chicago's "50 Greatest ...

8. Zone defense in American football - Wikipedia

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   The free safety covers the boundary-side deep half, and the boundary corner plays the flat. Thus, the field side of the coverage is quarters, and the boundary side is cover 2. [11] The Cover 6 gets its name from the fact that it combines elements of the Cover 2 (the strong safety covering half the field) and the Cover 4 on the opposite side.

9. Defensive back - Wikipedia

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   American defensive formations usually includes two of each, a left and right cornerback, as well as a strong safety and a free safety, with the free safety tending to play further back than the strong safety. In Canadian football, which has twelve players on the field compared to the eleven of American football, there is an additional position ...