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Center (gridiron football)

Jason Kelce (No. 62) prepares to snap the football to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz in a 2017 game

Center or centre (C) is a position in American football. The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense who passes (or "snaps") the ball between his legs to the quarterback at the start of each play.

During the period of the one-platoon system, centers frequently played defensively as "middle guards", off the opposing center on the opposite side of the line as with a modern nose tackle. Others played off the defensive line of scrimmage as linebackers.


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