No, a wide receiver cannot legally push a defensive back in football.
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Yes, defensive holding can be called when one of the defenders - usually a defensive back - holds onto a receiver and prevents him from running his route. Think of it as a minor pass interference. Defensive holding is a 10 yard penalty.
Defensive Back: Safety, Free Safety, Strong Safety, and Cornerbacks
A cornerback plays opposite a wide receiver and the two guys that are back deep that help out are the safeties. Together there known as defensive backs.
Defensive Back. DBs are the positions cornerback and safety and are players on defensive who primarily cover the receivers going out for passes.
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Defensive Back.
In American football, it means the defensive back.
A defensive back or corners job is to either to cover a wide receiver or get a zone. Their is two zones that a defensive back could have, flats(7 yards from the line of scrummage and one fourth of the field) and deep third( deep third of the field).
In American football, a "rover" is a defensive player who "roves" from linebacker to defensive back, or roves from cornerback to safety in the defensive bakefield. The rover has no fixed position. The abbreviation ROV stands for ROVER.