So I'm a linebacker. Have you ever been one?
No I'm a girl so we dont typically play football but I do love watching and my husband was a Middle Linebacker in college!
Neat! A linebacker is a position in American and Canadian football. Lots of teams have one (and it can be pretty rough)
Are they an offensive or defensive position?
Linebacker
A linebacker (LB or backer) is a playing position in American football and Canadian football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards (4 m) behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen, and therefore "back up the line". Linebackers generally align themselves before the ball is snapped by standing upright in a "two-point stance" (as opposed to the defensive linemen, who put one or two hands on the ground for a "
practice I'm playing fullback and, when I go out for a pass, this little linebacker named Dennis Morgan who had forearms like Popeye just about ripped my head off. Right then and there I said 'I want to be that guy, not this guy.' I had no problem switching to linebacker.
University of Michigan 1968 season.
As a sophomore, Huff made his college football debut with the 1968 Michigan football team. In his first game for Michigan, a 31-10 victory over Duke in September