Below you will find example sentences with "eligible receiver". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Eligible Receiver in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 8
  • Discovered as a combination around: receiver
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 4
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.6 words

Words in this phrase

eligible receiver

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • eligible can mean: Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something Frequent word
  • receiver can mean: A person who receives. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 5 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a non eligible receiver it is 1× any eligible receiver that goes 1× as an eligible receiver the bears 1× as the eligible receiver 1× longer an eligible receiver and cannot 1× only an eligible receiver may advance 1× s no eligible receiver in the 1× to an eligible receiver is ineligible 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a player who 1× any eligible receiver 1× even though it 1× if any player 1× if the pass 1× only an eligible 1×

Common sentence endings:

an eligible position 1× in the area 1× league s rules 1× loss of down 1× steps in bounds 1× the eligible receiver 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

pass 6× forward 3× player 3× bounds 2× may 2× catch 2× neutral 2× zone 2× illegal 2× report 2× goes 1× longer 1×

Related phrases

wide receiver receiver position top receiver

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around receiver:

receiver position 4× top receiver 4×

Just before it in the phrase index:

eligibility requirements eligibility criteria eli cohen elementary teachers elementary streams elementary schools

Just after it in the phrase index:

eliminate hamas elite eight elite level elite wrestling elizabeth warren elon musk

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

wide receiver top receiver

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "eligible receiver" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a non eligible receiver it is, any eligible receiver that goes, pass, forward and player stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with wide receiver, receiver position, top receiver, receiver position and top receiver, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with eligible receiver

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Even though it’s an illegal receiver and there’s no eligible receiver in the area. (16 words)

If the pass is received by a non-eligible receiver, it is "illegal touching" (five yards and loss of down). (20 words)

With lineman Bradley Sowell in as an eligible receiver, the Bears ran an empty-set, sprint-out play to the right. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

If any player interferes with an eligible receiver's ability to catch the ball it is pass interference which draws a penalty of varying degree (largely depending upon the particular league's rules). (33 words)

Any eligible receiver that goes out of bounds is no longer an eligible receiver and cannot receive a forward pass, unless that player re-establishes by taking three steps in bounds. (31 words)

Only an eligible pass receiver may legally catch a forward pass, and only an eligible receiver may advance beyond the neutral zone if a forward pass crosses the neutral zone. (30 words)

Example sentences (8)

Any eligible receiver that goes out of bounds is no longer an eligible receiver and cannot receive a forward pass, unless that player re-establishes by taking three steps in bounds.

Only an eligible pass receiver may legally catch a forward pass, and only an eligible receiver may advance beyond the neutral zone if a forward pass crosses the neutral zone.

Even though it’s an illegal receiver and there’s no eligible receiver in the area.

A player who is not wearing a number that corresponds to an eligible receiver is ineligible even if he lines up in an eligible position.

But as the Lions were adamant that Decker was the one who reported, Allen said in the postgame pool report that he heard Skipper report as the eligible receiver.

With lineman Bradley Sowell in as an eligible receiver, the Bears ran an empty-set, sprint-out play to the right.

If any player interferes with an eligible receiver's ability to catch the ball it is pass interference which draws a penalty of varying degree (largely depending upon the particular league's rules).

If the pass is received by a non-eligible receiver, it is "illegal touching" (five yards and loss of down).