3-3-5 defense
A variation of the Nickel formation with 3 linemen (2 De & 1 DT), 3 linebackers (2 OLB & 1 MLB), and 5 defensive backs (3 CB, 1 SS & 1 FS). Often called a 3-3 stack. Also called the
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3-3-5 defense 3-4 defense 4-3 defense 4-4-4 Defense 46 defense 50 defense A-11 offense Air Raid Air Yards all-purpose yardage audible automatic first down back backfield backup backward pass ball security ballcarrier Black Monday blitz blocking blocking back blocking sled blowout bomb bootleg bust busted play buttonhook (hook,dig) carry center (C) center-eligible centre chain checkdown chop block chuck and duck clipping coffin corner comeback route completion percentage contain cornerback (CB) counter Cover crackback block cut blocking cut blocking dead ball de-cleater defensive back defensive end (DE) defensive tackle (DT) defensive team delay of game dime back direct snap dive double reverse double wing double wing(ed)-T down down box down lineman draw play drop kick dual threat quarterback eligible receivers encroachment end around end zone extra point face mask face mask, grasping fair catch false start fantasy football (American) field goal field judge field of play field position first down flanker flat flea flicker flexbone formation forward pass four-point stance fourth down fourth down conversion free kick free safety (FS) fullback (FB) fumble goal goal area goal line gridiron guard gunner gunslinger Hail Mary halfback (HB) halfback option play halo violation hand-off hands team hard count hash marks H-back Hero hike holder holding Home and away hook and lateral (hook and ladder) huddle Hurry-Up Offense I formation icing the kicker illegal formation illegal motion illegal shift inbounds lines incomplete pass indirect snap ineligible receiver intentional grounding interception Jack Jumbo kick kick returner kicker (K) kickoff kneel lateral letterman/letterwinner line of scrimmage/scrimmage line line of scrimmage/scrimmage line line to gain Linebacker (LB) lineman live ball live ball foul long snapper loose ball lost gems man coverage man-in-motion man-to-man coverage margin of victory Marty Ball Maryland-I max protect Mike (MLB) mo motion Mr. Irrelevant muff muffed punt National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Football League (NFL) neutral zone NFL NFL Europa nickel back no good no-huddle offense nose tackle offensive team one back formation onside kick outside package pancake pass interference pass protection passer rating passing play PAT pick pistol formation place kick play action play clock playing field pocket pooch kick Pop Warner Little Scholars position possession post pattern preseason prevent defense pro set pulling pump fake punt punt return punter (P) Quarter quarter defense quarterback (QB) Quarterback controversy Quarterback rating Quarterback scramble quarterback sneak quick kick red flag red shirt red zone referee (R) regular season restraining line restraining line Return return yards reverse Road game Rover run and shoot run out of the gun running back (RB) Running out the clock running play running up the score rush rush rushing average sack safety valve sam scatback scramble or quarterback scramble screen pass secondary shield punt shift shooting shotgun formation side zone single wing single wing(ed)-T slant slobber-knocker slot snap sneak special teams spike split end splits split-T squib kick starter steal sticks stiff-arm or straight-arm strong i strong safety (SS) strong side stuff stunt sweep T formation tackle box tackle eligible tailback (TB) take a knee the box three-and-out three-point conversion three-point stance tight end (TE) time of possession total offense touchback touchdown trap trick play trips true freshman try turn the ball over on downs turnover Tweener two-level defense two-minute warning two-point conversion unbalanced line under center undrafted upback upman utility player Veer walk-on weak i weak side West Coast offense wheel route wide wide receiver (WR) wildcat offense will wing back (WB) win-loss(-tie) wishbone X-receiver YAC Yard Yard Line Yardage Yards from scrimmage Yards gained Yellow flag Y-receiver Zebra zone blitz zone defense zone read Z-receiver
