An act of advancing a ball caught after a kickoff, punt, or interception by running while carrying it.
Example sentencesExamples
Beyond that, the Chargers came within a greasy glove of a kickoff-return TD by him before he lost the ball at the end of a 77-yard runback.
The Hurricanes scored one touchdown on a blocked punt and another on a runback with a recovered fumble.
In 2001, he led NFL Europe in kickoff returns and ranked second in punt runbacks, but his NFL work that year once again wasn't particularly noteworthy.
All season long, he gave the Jets good field position with his runbacks.
He's an intriguing prospect because of his open-field speed, if nothing else, he can be a big-time kickoff returner; he already has a 90-yard runback.
Definition of runback in US English:
runback
nounˈrənbak
American Football
An act of advancing a ball caught after a kickoff, punt, or interception by running while carrying it.
Example sentencesExamples
Beyond that, the Chargers came within a greasy glove of a kickoff-return TD by him before he lost the ball at the end of a 77-yard runback.
He's an intriguing prospect because of his open-field speed, if nothing else, he can be a big-time kickoff returner; he already has a 90-yard runback.
All season long, he gave the Jets good field position with his runbacks.
The Hurricanes scored one touchdown on a blocked punt and another on a runback with a recovered fumble.
In 2001, he led NFL Europe in kickoff returns and ranked second in punt runbacks, but his NFL work that year once again wasn't particularly noteworthy.