1906, Graff F. Wolfe, The Story of Wall Ka-Zoo, page 112:
In the great Michigan game of 1903, it was he who got the ball on the kickout.
1906, The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette, page 276:
Jones caught the kickout on the fifteen-yard line and Hudson kicked goal.
1912, What's what at Michigan, page 37:
Another change requires that on the kickout the opponents line up on the 20-yard line, instead of on the 25-yard line, and that the ball be kicked from some point behind the 20-yard line.
1915, The Cornell Alumni News - Volume 18, page 97:
The kickout was fumbled and Barrett lost his chance to try for the goal.
2021 April 4, Nicholas Holstein, “FOOTBALL: Youthful Irish gain confidence, experience in win over Chicago Christian”, in Daily Journal (Kankakee, Illinois):
“We called [the play] 26 Blast on that play and I was reading Jaydon Wright’s kickout block on the end,” Smith said.
Baines' Mel Ott-like kickout tends to tempt opposing pitchers to throw him a lot of offspeed stuff, but he showed last season that he can combat that tactic by moving his hands down and wristing the ball to left field.
On his first return scoring, against the Oilers, J.T. said, “I saw a hole on the right side, got a good kickout block and shot through.”
2021 May 16, James Herbert, “Power guard? Point center? The NBA's positional misfits are dismantling an antiquated system”, in CBS Sports:
In the short roll, playing 4-on-5 like a smaller Draymond, his job is simple: Read the defense and make the right play. Most of the time, it is either a lob, a floater or a kickout for a corner 3.
2021 May 21, Fred Katz, “Just what the doctor ordered for Wizards”, in The Athletic:
They have to get there however possible tonight to create not just layups but also kickout 3s.
