In the NFL running backs must wear numbers 20 to 49, tight ends must wear numbers 80 to 89 ( or 40 to 49 if the numbers 80 to 89 have been exhausted ), and wide receivers must wear numbers 10 to 19 or 80 to 89.

They also hired running backs coach, Sylvester Croom, tight ends coach, Bobby Johnson, and wide receivers coach, Jerry Sullivan, to the coaching staff.

Offensive linemen were to wear purple pants, running backs green pants, receivers blue pants, linebackers red, and defensive backs yellow.

Gillman's insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running backs or wide receivers at the sides of the line of scrimmage, was instrumental in making football into the modern game that it is today.

While some games roughly follow conventions, more often, all players will be considered eligible receivers ( as in six-man football ), and there are usually no running backs.

The small number of candidates elected each year has helped foster what some perceive as an inequality of representation at certain positions or in certain categories of player, with defensive players in general and defensive backs and outside linebackers in particular, special teams players, wide receivers, deserving players who primarily played on bad teams, and those from the " seniors " category, being slighted.

The current GOPPPL roster now includes: two quarterbacks, four halfbacks, six wide receivers / tight ends, two kickers, two defensive backs, one return team, and a bonus pick for any position.

Over the years, NFL running backs have been used more and more as receivers out of the backfield, especially with the rise in popularity of the West Coast offense and its variants.

Running backs are sometimes called upon to return punts and kickoffs, a role usually filled by wide receivers and defensive backs, such as cornerbacks, who are generally the fastest players on the team.

Previously teams were restricted one substitution per quarter, forcing wide receivers, defensive backs, offensive and defensive linemen to play both sides of the ball.

) of the offensive " skill players " ( backs and receivers ) in order to best predict and counter the play the offense will run.

During the summer, Archie, Peyton, Eli, and Cooper run the Manning Passing Academy, a five day camp which aims to improve the offensive skills of quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends, and running backs.

So top defensive linemen, who tend to be larger and slower in real life, were faster than the typical defensive backs, running backs, and receivers.

The backs and ends who are relatively near the sidelines are referred to as " wide " receivers.

Well-rounded receivers are noted for blocking defensive backs in support of teammates in addition to their pass-catching abilities.

Players had to be adept at playing on both sides of the ball and most offensive linemen were also defensive linemen or linebackers, while receivers tended to double as defensive backs.

Their large size has an effect on their speed, as tight ends are often not as fast as wide receivers or running backs ; this is not always the case, though, with tight ends nowadays able to run a 4. 38 forty yard dash time ( Vernon Davis ).

This often occurs if the opposing team's defensive line, linebackers or defensive backs are able to quickly get past blocking players of the offensive team ( the quarterback's protection ), or if the quarterback is unable to find a back to hand the ball off to or an available eligible receiver ( including wide receivers, running backs and tight ends ) to catch the ball, allowing the defense a longer opportunity to tackle the quarterback.

Among them were ambidextrous quarterback and former University of Houston star D. C. Nobles and several American Football League veterans: quarterbacks Mike Taliaferro and Don Trull, fullback Jim Nance, wide receivers Don Maynard and Rick Eber, tight end Willie Frazier, former Houston Oiler and All-AFL tackle Glen Ray Hines, linebacker Garland Boyette, defensive end Al Dotson, defensive backs Daryl Johnson, Richmond Flowers, Jr., John Mallory and Art McMahon, and rookie linebacker John Villapiano, brother of Oakland Raiders defender Phil Villapiano.

The offense uses a specific naming system, with the routes for wide receivers and tight ends receiving three digit numbers, and routes for backs having unique names.

Eventually, even his gang turn their backs on him and Loughnan stabs him several times in a failed assassination attempt.

When Williams failed to agree to one of Paul Martin's initial offers, Reid said that Williams was " making a mistake of historic proportions and he is doing it on the backs of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians ...

) The different backs help identify the position in the grid and significantly reduce the possibility of which cards will match.

England coach Clive Woodward, who had previously been backs ' coach for Bath RFC selected Perry for his first match in charge against Australia in Autumn 1997.

For example in February 1872 against Westminster school a brief contemporary match report states that: " The school captain took the precaution of strengthening his backs, deputizing HDS Vidal to cooperate with Rawson and Jackson and so well did these three play in concert ... they succeeded in defying the ... RE forwards " What is most notable about this report is that it confirms that the Royal Engineers " played beautifully together " That the engineers were the first side to break the trend of dribbling is shown in a contemporary account of their victory against Crystal Palace in early 1872.

The first leg, which was played in front of a sell out Steboneath Park crowd finished 2 – 2, centre backs Wyn Thomas and Stuart Jones got Llanelli's goals, Chris Holloway was also sent off and handed a 2 match ban.

His role with the team seemed to be that of a friend and bodyguard, watching their backs during their matches, and working the odd six-man tag team match with them on Impact !.

Their backs against the wall, Stephanie and Triple H had no other choice but to comply, leading to Mankind challenging Triple H to a match for the WWF title at The Royal Rumble.

The Natural Disasters were outraged that their manager would go behind their backs and get another team a shot at the title, the storyline explanation was that Jimmy Hart used the Disasters ' guaranteed return match for Money Inc.

Both of their starting running backs from the previous year, future Pro Football Hall of Famers Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor, had left the team.

From the central position, the French then drove west with the only available troops, the Old Guard and a division of the " Marie Louise " ( young conscripts from the classes of 1814 and 1815, called up in anticipation the previous year ), in hopes of smashing Blucher ’ s leading elements ( Sacken and Yorck ) in isolation and with their backs to the French held bridges over the Marne.

Maimonides ( 1134 – 1204 ) says that as sins cannot be taken off one ’ s head and transferred elsewhere, the ritual is symbolic, enabling the penitent to discard his sins: “ These ceremonies are of a symbolic character and serve to impress man with a certain idea and to lead him to repent, as if to say, ‘ We have freed ourselves of our previous deeds, cast them behind our backs and removed them from us as far as possible ’.”

120 UK Labour Party MPs dissent and vote against it – double the number who opposed the previous such motion – but the UK Conservative Party backs the government's motion.

Adverts were taken out in local newspapers such as the Watford Chronicle and on the backs of buses in the area to inform listeners that they were " back after the break "- a cheeky comment on the previous managements ' incarnation, which didn't have a proper name ( The New 96. 6FM ) and which never really captured the listener's imagination.

Like previous F-series cameras, the F4 featured a high degree of customization to specific tasks, with various remote controls, film backs, and viewfinders available.

The findings backs up a previous Italian study about the hormonal effects of liquorice whose results could not be replicated in other studies by University of Texas and University of Michigan in the past.

He then surprised many observers by selecting John Harbaugh as his new coach, despite Harbaugh's peak of previous experience being a single year as a defensive backs coach after several successful years as the lauded special teams coach for the Philadelphia Eagles ; with a 100 % success rate of four playoff appearances in four seasons, Bisciotti and Newsome are often mentioned as one of the NFL's best owner-top executive combinations.

The Louis XVI style of furniture ( once again already present in the previous reign ) tended toward circles and ovals in chair backs ; chair legs were grooved ; Greek inspired iconography was used as decoration.

But Crix finds that the plains around Utvara are mysterious, full of bizarre creatures that trace back to the ancient days of Ravnica, as well as a race of people who wear fungus on their backs to protect themselves from a spore that got thrown up into the air after the Izzet Guild attempted to “ reclaim ” the Utvaran region for the previous owner, Teysa ’ s uncle and prodigal father.

Another key player on the Eagles offense was halfback Wilbert Montgomery, who was widely considered one of the top running backs in the NFL and had rushed for over 1, 200 rushing yards in the last 2 seasons.

Several seasons have brought the players into the game without preparation, making them start with only the clothes on their backs along with whatever tools are provided.

He is also one of only four running backs to lead the NFL in rushing three or more consecutive seasons, joining Steve Van Buren, Jim Brown and Earl Campbell.

In 2009, the team cracked the playoffs once again on the backs of breakout seasons from surging starting pitcher D. J.

In addition, from seasons seven through nine, these teams would also be forced to give up all their bags, leaving them with only the clothes on their backs and the fanny-pack teams use to carry their passports and Race documentation ; this last penalty caused many teams, thinking themselves to be in last, to wear as much clothing as possible before checking in.

Holmes and Emmitt Smith are the only two running backs in NFL history to have back to back seasons with 20 or more rushing touchdowns.

In 1997, he moved to Leicester Tigers, where he would play for a couple of seasons, winning the 1998 – 99 Allied Dunbar Premiership, and then become backs coach.

After consecutive 8-8 seasons, Lewis shaped the Bengals into contenders with a nucleus of young players such as quarterback Carson Palmer, running back Rudi Johnson, and receivers Chad Johnson and T. J. Houshmandzadeh, defensive backs Tory James and Deltha O ' Neal.

In 2005, he joined Emmitt Smith, Priest Holmes, and Marshall Faulk as the only running backs to record consecutive seasons of 20 or more touchdowns.

Thomas is also one of five running backs to have rushed for over 1, 000 yards in 8 consecutive seasons along with Curtis Martin, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith and Tomlinson.

Bennett rejoined the Packer organization in 2001 as director of player development, then serving as the running backs coach for six seasons.

Solich returned to college football at his alma mater in 1979, spending 19 seasons at Nebraska as an assistant coach under Tom Osborne, four as the freshman team coach, and 15 seasons as running backs coach.

Duxbury became a semi-regular in the first team over the next couple of seasons, although – due to the form of first-choice full backs John Gidman and Arthur Albiston – he spent most of his time playing at centre back ; it was not until towards the end of the 1981 – 82 season that Duxbury began to play in his favoured right back position.

After spending seven seasons with the Potters it was inevitable that Bould would become one of the country's leading centre backs and moved to Arsenal in 1988.

The next two seasons, he served as the defensive backs coach for the San Francisco 49ers.

Zook served three seasons as special teams coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and was the defensive backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1999.

Tyrone Anthony Wheatley ( born January 19, 1972 ) is the running backs coach at Syracuse University and a former professional American football player who played 10 seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ) and was one of the most successful high school and collegiate athletes in Metropolitan Detroit history.

He returned to WSU for four seasons in 1974 as the running backs coach, where he unsuccessfully recruited future baseball hall-of-famer Ryne Sandberg to play quarterback.

Along with Chris Polk, he is one of only two Washington running backs to rush for 1, 000 yards in three consecutive seasons.