How to Use draw play in a Sentence

draw play

noun
  • His first score came on a 7-yard draw play in the first quarter.
    Chris Dabe, NOLA.com, 17 Oct. 2020
  • No draw play, no giving up on the down just to safely punt.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Hunt took the draw play 3 yards and Cleveland punted on fourth down.
    Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2021
  • On third and 18 with three minutes left, Barkley carried on a draw play that gained three yards.
    Kent Somers, azcentral, 20 Oct. 2019
  • On third-and-15, needing points but not wanting a sack and 40-plus-yard field-goal attempt in the rain, the Ravens called a draw play.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Two incompletions and a draw play to Harris led to a punt.
    Will Graves, ajc, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Then on third and nine, Stefanski, oddly, called for a draw play to Hunt who gained three yards and the Browns had to punt.
    Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Facing third-and-11 from the Gators’ 21, Tavien Feaster scored on a draw play that caught the Gators’ run defense flat footed.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • On third and goal, Gulbranson turned a draw play into a 7-yard touchdown run for a 23-0 OSU lead.
    oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Mond completed a 30-yard pass to Camron Buckley to start the drive and capped it with a 9-yard run on a third-and-goal draw play that caught the Gators off guard.
    Mark Long, star-telegram, 14 Oct. 2017
  • As early as age 5, Andrew grabbed a dry-erase marker and started drawing plays on the white board at the field house.
    Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Strongsville quarterback Maddox Beard then called a draw play and ran 99 yards for a touchdown.
    Staff Reports, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Chad Thomas, who also got first-team reps at defensive end, Chris Hubbard to stop Chubb for a loss on a draw play.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • In the first quarter, a draw play was called and Mascarenas read it perfectly, sprinted forward and threw the running back to the turf.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2021
  • There was questionable playcalling with a draw play on second and 1 that got stuffed.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Instead of trying to pin the Rams deep in their own territory, the Browns ran a draw play for Nick Chubb, who was tackled after a 2-yard gain.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2019
  • The Mohawks entered the tournament as the fifth seed with four losses and four draws playing in the punishing Tri-Valley League.
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Originally slotted to pick seventh if the draw played out to odds, the Kings won the No. 2 overall selection when the lottery was drawn May 15.
    Noel Harris, sacbee, 24 May 2018
  • Instead of trying to bang out a yard and, success or fail, run clock, Atlanta planned to pass and weren’t hiding it — Freeman was too far forward for a draw play.
    David J. Neal, miamiherald, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Cook keeps studying one run, a draw play where Sanders jukes, spins and sprints his way through the defense without schematic trickery or perfect blocking.
    Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Brown fumbled after picking up 14 yards on a draw play, but the Lions’ inability to scoop up an uncontested chance at the loose ball kept UIW’s drive alive.
    Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Nagy cited Tarik Cohen’s 12-yard carry on a draw play as an indicator Trubisky was ailing.
    Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Brissett checked into a draw play after seeing something the offense could exploit in Carolina's coverage.
    Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2019

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