cornerback

C2397
concept

A cornerback is a defensive football player responsible for covering wide receivers, defending against passes, and supporting run defense on the edges of the field.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
cornerback canonical 48
defensive back 11

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: cornerback
Generated description
A cornerback is a defensive football player responsible for covering wide receivers, defending against passes, and supporting run defense on the edges of the field.

Instances (56)

Instance Via concept surface
Elvis Patterson
linked to: Toast
—
John Dockery defensive back
Melvin Cornell Blount —
Taron Johnson —
Darrelle Revis —
Duane Starks —
Chris McAlister —
Ronde Barber —
Champ Bailey —
Tavon Young —
Fred Williamson defensive back
Richard Sherman —
Ronnie Lott defensive back
Kyle Arrington —
Aqib Talib —
Phillippi Sparks —
Chris Harris Jr. —
Charles Tillman —
Elvis Patterson —
Ty Law —
Mel Blount —
Roger Wehrli
linked to: Wehrli
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Cecil Doggette defensive back
Roderick Kevin Woodson defensive back
Malcolm Butler —
Patrick Peterson —
Darrelle Revis
linked to: Darrelle
—
Darrelle Revis
linked to: Revis
—
Everson Walls —
Sauce Gardner —
Nnamdi Asomugha —
Adoree' Jackson —
Ronde Barber —
Rod Hill defensive back
Jason Sehorn —
Roger Wehrli —
Charles Woodson defensive back
Willie Julius Green defensive back
Brandon Carr —
Willie Brown (cornerback) —
Leonard Johnson —
Roland Bailey Jr. —
Sam Shields —
Denzel Ward —
Omarr Smith defensive back
Mike Richardson —
Brandon Flowers (American football) —
Herb Adderley —
Kyle Chandler Arrington Sr. —
Curtis Johnson —