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• n  a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen
• n  (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage

• San Diego Chargers star outside linebacker Shawne Merriman says he didn't harm a reality TV star who has accused him of choking and restraining her.
• The company also signed up NASCAR driver Tony Stewart and Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher as spokesmen.
• In 1996, linebacker Marlin Barnes was bludgeoned to death in his campus apartment.

• line backer

News & Articles

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• Chargers linebacker Manti Te’o: Media hiatus has helped me improve
  San Diego Chargers rookie linebacker Manti Te’o spoke to reporters for the first time on Tuesday since being drafted, saying that he has definitely “reaped the benefits” of his media hiatus.
  June 11, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Former NFL Linebacker Bill Romanowski Discusses Tim Tebow’s Future With Pats
  Former NFL Linebacker Bill Romanowski joins The Jason Ross Show. He talks about Tim Tebow leading the Patriots to the Super Bowl in the next few years and how Tebow will take over for Tom […]
  June 11, 2013 - CBS Sacramento
• Florida linebacker commits to Wildcats
  Longwood, Fla. linebacker Nico Firios has committed to UK. Firios told the Orlando Sentinel that he chose the Wildcats over Louisville.
  June 11, 2013 - WKYT Lexington

Quotes

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• Mike Holmgren in 940 News
  Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren called Tatupu's three-interception day in a win at Philadelphia on Dec. 2 "one of the great games I've ever seen a linebacker have."
• Brett Favre in USA Today
  I said, 'What do you play?' He said, 'I play center,' said Favre, who weighed 252 pounds at the time. "He says to me, 'What do you play, linebacker?' And from that point on, we were inseparable."
• Marvin Lewis in KSTP.com
  The NFL provided Odell the opportunity to earn his way back onto our team, but we have not seen the right steps taken by him,Lewis said in a statement. "With our offseason work in progress and new talent added at our linebacker position,...