draw play

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Fike kept alive the drive after the second turnover by gaining 10 yards on a fourth-and-10 fake punt before going 52 yards on a draw play for his second touchdown. Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com, "Indiana high school football: East Central beats Lawrenceburg for third year in row, 30-12," 23 Aug. 2019 Chad Thomas, who also got first-team reps at defensive end, Chris Hubbard to stop Chubb for a loss on a draw play. Scott Patsko, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Browns training camp defensive report: Starting defensive line watches from the sidelines," 5 Aug. 2019 Originally slotted to pick seventh if the draw played out to odds, the Kings won the No. 2 overall selection when the lottery was drawn May 15. Noel Harris, sacbee, "Kings mock drafts: Why a two-man race is being dominated by one young playmaker | The Sacramento Bee," 24 May 2018 Instead of trying to bang out a yard and, success or fail, run clock, Atlanta planned to pass and weren’t hiding it — Freeman was too far forward for a draw play. David J. Neal, miamiherald, "The long Super Bowl history of the New England Patriots | Miami Herald," 28 Jan. 2018 One of those was a 59-yard touchdown run off a draw play with 8:19 left in the fourth quarter which put Atascocita up 43-0. Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, "Atascocita Eagles roll to victory behind dominant defense," 21 Oct. 2017 Mond completed a 30-yard pass to Camron Buckley to start the drive and capped it with a 9-yard run on a third-and-goal draw play that caught the Gators off guard. Mark Long, star-telegram, "Mond, LaCamera lift Texas A&M to 19-17 win over Florida," 14 Oct. 2017 That was plenty of time to complete a couple short passes to Christian McCaffrey, maybe run a draw play to Cam Newton, or a misdirection play for that matter. Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, "Instant analyis: Concerned about Luke Kuechly, Mike Shula's playcalling | Charlotte Observer," 13 Oct. 2017 In particular, Ehlinger found success on draw plays. Kellis Robinett, kansascity, "Texas outlasts Kansas State 40-34 in double overtime," 7 Oct. 2017

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First Known Use of draw play

1952, in the meaning defined above

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