What does FB mean in football?
FB is a fullback in football. The back who blocks for the runner rather than carrying himself. Fewer than half the clubs now carry one.
What a fullback looks like
19 fullbacks are on NFL rosters right now, and the median one is 6' 2" and 250 lb.
- On rosters
- 19
- Median height
- 6' 2"
- Median weight
- 250 lb
- Median age
- 27
Nineteen fullbacks are on rosters league-wide, against about 170 running backs: the job was absorbed by tight ends who can both block and catch.