Fullback (gridiron football) to the role. The position is less frequently used in Canadian football, which focuses more on passing than running the ball. Fullback (gridiron football) A fullback (FB) is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback. Typically, fullbacks are larger than halfbacks and in most offensive schemes their duties are split between power running, pass catching, and blocking for both the quarterback and the other running back. Many great runners in the history of American football have been fullbacks, including Jim Brown, Marion Motley,
Rosey Brown playing the sport and died. The school's football coach, Robert W. Smith, ultimately persuaded the 180-pound Brown recruited him to play football, though he did so initially without his father's knowledge. Coach Smith said, "The band director almost wanted to fight me for him. He said that 'Rosey' would be a great trumpet player, and I said he'd be a great blocker. I just couldn't see a 210 pound kid playing the trumpet." After graduating from high school, Brown attended Morgan State College, a historically black college in Baltimore, on a scholarship to play for the Morgan State Bears football