Wiktionary
n. (context American football English) A lineman for the team in possession of the ball located outside one of the guard positions.
Usage examples of "offensive tackle".
Tyler had been a second-squad All American offensive tackle sixteen years before, and the rest of his body was as hard as the aluminum and fiberglass in his left leg.
If they were a football team with Sandecker as coach, Pitt as quarterback and Giordino as an offensive tackle, Gunn would be their man high in the booth, analyzing the plays and sending them down to the field.
Tyler was an Annapolis graduate who'd made second-string All-American at offensive tackle before entering the submarine service.
He bent his knees, leaned forward, and charged like an offensive tackle, feet digging hard in the rough wooden floor of the loft.
Just to look at him, most people wouldn't guess he had played offensive tackle at the University of Missouri or that he had defied his jock image by majoring in physics.