American football player positions
American football players positions are divided into offense, defense, and special teams. The offensive positions like Quarterback (QB), Running Backs (RB), Wide Receivers (WR), and Tight Ends (TE) and offensive line (O-Line) positions such as Center, Guards, Tackles, which is trying to score. The defensive positions like Tackles, Ends Linebackers (LB), Cornerbacks, Safeties which is prevent opponent’s score and trying to score and finally kicking and punting are coming from special teams.
American football has 53-man active roster but it allowed 11 players with unlimited free substitutions during any dead ball situation. However, here is the full American football positions below.
| Offense | Defense | Special teams |
| Offensive line (OL) | Defensive line (DL) | Placekicker (K) |
| Center (C) | Defensive tackle (DT) | Punter (P) |
| Offensive guard (OG) | Nose tackle (NT) | Holder (H) |
| Offensive tackle (OT) | Defensive end (DE) | Long snapper (LS) |
| Skill positions | Linebackers (LB) | Kick returner (KR) and punt returner (PR) |
| Quarterback (QB) | Middle linebacker (MLB) | Upback / personal protector |
| Backs (RB/HB/FB) | Outside linebacker (OLB) | Gunner |
| Wide receiver (WR) | Defensive backs (DB) | Jammer |
| Tight end (TE) | Cornerback (CB) | |
| Nickelback / dimeback | ||
| Safety (S) |
Note: Data taken from Wikipedia.