You're a Back
I am a new official, at a clinic I was told as a wingman, when the kid comes out of the huddle and he looks at me to check whether he is on the line or off the line, I should say "You're a back" or "You're an End". I did that the other day in a Frosh game, #88 looked at me, I said "You're a back", that ended up making him the fifth in the backfield, I of course tossed the hanky. Coach kind of complained that the kid had checked and thought he was okay. I told coach I told him "he was a back", coach said maybe he thought I told him to "move back". I can see the confusion. At the clinic that said if you tell him he's an end or he's a back he should know where he is supposed to line up for the play, guess what...wrong.
From now on I'm going to use "You're on the Line" or "You're off the line" and see what kind of response I get with that.
Just my $0.02
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