downfield
Speech parts
1. downfield - Adjective
2. downfield - Adverb
3. downfield - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
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Antonyms
Examples
he threw to a downfield receiver
he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards
Another big win for the Bulldogs: Justice Cook, left photo, heads downfield during a long gainer against the Maysville Wolverines.
After that, Cross committed an illegal man downfield penalty, which at the time was a 10-yard foul, moving the ball back to the 45-yard line and bringing up second down and 20 to go with just 1:15 left in the game.
Between first round pick Henry Ruggs III, Nelson Agholor and Zay Jones, this team can get receivers downfield in a hurry.
He hit Cook and Diggs — the hero two years ago — before seeing Thielen open downfield for a 43-yard completion.