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  • noun American football A small lightweight running back valued for speed rather than power.

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Examples

  • "They have two tailbacks, both kind of scatback types, and they're both very good."

    thetowntalk.com - 2009

  • As God is my witness, Dick Cheney was a 160-pound scatback on the football team.

    Buckley, If Not God, Returns to Yale Neal B. Freeman 2011

  • Sophomore scatback Arby Fields, the team's top rusher with 302 yards and five touchdowns, split his time between spring practices and his duties as Northwestern's starting center fielder.

    Northwestern - Team Notes 2010

  • Exclamation points were added with trades that landed power runner Len Dale White, scatback Leon Washington and defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson.

    NFL draft grades: Raiders finally have a reason to believe 2010

  • Sophomore scatback Arby Fields, the team's top rusher with 302 yards and five touchdowns, split his time between spring practices and his duties as Northwestern's starting center fielder.

    Around the BigTen Conference 2010

  • The 5-foot-10, 165-pound Terrell, who most likely projects as a scatback, receiver or defensive back in college, carried 275 times for 2,070 yards and 30 touchdowns and threw for 1,419 yards and 15 TDs for Osbourn 12-1 last fall.

    Osbourn's Dominique Terrell Ponders Miami, U.Va., WVU Preston Williams 2011

  • Notes: Can't you just see this little scatback scoring 10 TDs?

    NFL BackDraft: Jarrett Bell's picks 2007

  • The next time they touched the ball, the Gators let Leak, Tebow and scatback Percy Harvin all take direct snaps from center.

    USATODAY.com - College Football - Florida vs. Ohio St. 2006

  • A 5-7 scatback, Griffin had little trouble tearing through the

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • With scatback Danny Woodhead hobbled, rookie Shane Vereen he showed good vision and deceptive speed at Cal could get his chance to join the party.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

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