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Center (American football)

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1 The center is the innermost lineman of the ________ on a football team's offense.

2 In some offensive schemes, certain plays will involve the "pulling" an ________ to block for the ball carrier.

3 This may be a center/guard double-team where the center and guard are assigned to the same target (usually a ________) to get extra push or drive.

4 In ________, the Dave Rimington Trophy is awarded annually to the nation's most outstanding center.

5 According to ________ general manager Ozzie Newsome, "you need to have somebody who can neutralize that nose tackle.

6 Center (C) is a position in ________ and Canadian football (spelled centre in Canadian English).

7 The center is also the player who passes (or "snaps") the ball between his legs to the ________ at the start of each play.

8 Because bad snaps can ruin ________ plays and cause turnovers, some teams have a center who is specifically trained for snapping the ball in punt and field goal formations.

9 Most offensive schemes make adjustments based on how the ________ and linebackers align itself to the offensive line, and what gaps they line up in.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Joe Wendryhoski, an inaugural member of the New Orleans Saints, played every offensive snap as the starting center for the team's first two seasons?
  • Jack Blott, an All-American football center for the Michigan Wolverines, had a Major League Baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds lasting only two games?
  • coach Harry Kipke had to travel to the home of All-American Maynard Morrison in 1930 to seek his father's permission to switch Morrison from a fullback to a center?
  • the 1906 College Football All-America Team included Princeton quarterback Eddie Dillon, Harvard guard Francis Burr, Yale end Bob Forbes, Cornell center Bill Newman, a midshipman who was the strongest man in the U.S. Naval Academy, and a guard who was described as "one of the largest men who ever played on a college gridiron"?
  • when American football center Rod Payne broke his right wrist during a Michigan Wolverines football game, he started snapping the ball with his left hand?
  • Ernie Vick was an All-American football center while enrolled at the University of Michigan medical school even though his schoolwork did not allow him to practice with the team?
  • David Molk overcame mononucleosis to become the starting center for the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team?
  • Gerald Ford's two greatest regrets in life were losing the starting center job in college to All-American Chuck Bernard and losing a presidential election?
  • College Football Hall of Fame center Shorty Des Jardien played in the NFL for the Chicago Tigers and in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians?
  • German-American football center Adolph F. "Germany" Schulz is credited for developing the "roving center" technique, which became the basis for the linebacker position?
  • Michigan Wolverines center Alan Bovard coached the Michigan Tech football team to its first undefeated season in 1948?
  • Michigan center "Bubbles" Paterson was the namesake of an award recognizing academic achievement by football players?
  • American football center J. T. White played for NCAA national champions with both the 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team and the 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team?
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