utility player
Noun
Meaning
(sports) A player who can play more than one position.
(fantasy sports) A player who accumulates stats without being assigned to any particular position.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player You just got caught in a position where you have no position.
FORMER Young Warriors utility player Miguel Lemming (pictured) has committed to helping local female footballers get scholarships to study and play the game in the United States through his organisation Ten Toes Africa.
Cassidy Miller was picked as a utility player on the U.S. Youth Naional Team for the Junior Pan American Championships.
Klay Sylvester was a second- team all-district second baseman and Judd Powell was a second-team utility player.
Maine’s late-game execution came through again, when first-year utility player Shanna Scribner hustled all the way from first to home on a throwing error to score the winning run.
When he began his big league career in 1946 he was a valuable utility player.