How to Use ballcarrier in a Sentence

ballcarrier

noun
  • Once again, the line did not execute it, and the ballcarrier again was stopped for a loss.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The Cards were able to work the edges and get speedy ballcarriers in space on the perimeter.
    — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Wishnowsky hits the hole, wraps up the ballcarrier and drives him backward.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The unstoppable ballcarrier is far from the only one in the game this year.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 29 July 2019
  • And with no passing game to speak of, the Cowboys just sat back and watched for the ballcarrier.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2020
  • None of their running backs has made it through a season as the primary ballcarrier.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Henry is strictly a ballcarrier and needs the scheme and blocking to define his lanes.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 13 June 2018
  • Brown was Oregon’s most effective ballcarrier for much of the way.
    — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Bell was signed in the offseason to be the primary ballcarrier, a bell-cow back who is used to plenty of touches.
    — Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, 29 July 2019
  • Flenoid, who backed up Villanueva a year ago, figures to be the Monarchs’ main ballcarrier.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The team reinstalled tackling drills in practice this week in hopes of improving its ability to bring down ballcarriers in the open field.
    — Ben Bolch, latimes.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Though their gameplan was an open secret, Louisville was repeatedly unable to close ranks around the ballcarrier.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 30 Nov. 2019
  • If the only reason the clock was stopped was for a ballcarrier running out of bounds on a scrimmage play, the clock is to be restarted when the ball is set on the ground for the next play.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2019
  • As talented a ballcarrier as anybody in this class, Price will get a long look right away for the Super Bowl champs.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • And Patriot defenders are trained in the art of punching footballs out of the hands of rival ballcarriers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Worse than those 5-yarders, there are the 15-yard personal fouls like hitting a ballcarrier out of bounds by failing to pull up at the sideline.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Then came his senior season, when Scott became the primary ballcarrier ahead of Craft.
    — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 17 May 2018
  • Kuechly came steaming around right end to get an Eagles’ ballcarrier, and he was met head-on by guard Brandon Brooks.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • With Boone out, redshirt freshman Doaks has been the primary ballcarrier.
    — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Despite his high school background as a ballcarrier on offense, adapting to the finer points of being a skill player again was the tougher adjustment.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Both are light years ahead of all other 22-6A ballcarriers in terms of running assignments.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2019
  • During the first drill, where a ballcarrier ran around a blocker upfield until a defender stopped him, several Ducks got banged up.
    — OregonLive.com, 10 Aug. 2017
  • That’s fine; the threat of our passing game and our outside zone-blocking personnel will give any ballcarrier a chance to rush for over 1,500 yards.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 5 June 2019
  • Wadsworth needed Labus last year for double duty as a ballcarrier in addition to his ability as a receiver.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2020
  • On fourth-and-2 from there, the Spartans penetrated the line and stuffed the ballcarrier to stop another scoring threat.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Stecker, who had only six rushes for the season coming into the contest, was used as a ballcarrier more than in the previous seven games combined.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Kwity Paye moves like an open-field ballcarrier sometimes in the trenches, which may or may not work at the NFL level but are fun to look at on film.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2021
  • But that’s true only if the Wolverines also can open holes for the backs, because the read option doesn’t work if the defense isn’t worried about both potential ballcarriers.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • South Alabama needs to get better at run blocking, but also needs to find a dynamic ballcarrier in recruiting or through the transfer portal.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 27 Nov. 2021
  • That was followed by a 32-yard touchdown run in which Pasadena’s defense had the Gander ballcarrier hemmed in behind the line of scrimmage.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2019

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