: a pass made by a player (as in football or basketball) while jumping
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The drive finished with a fading, jump pass on third-and-goal from the 1 to George Kittle, giving Purdy his third TD throw of the game, matching his season high.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
15 Dec. 2025 The Cougars missed on a 35-yard field goal, and after getting deep on chunk plays from Paikoff to Cartyr Quartucy, a jump pass was deflected and intercepted in the endzone by Nickerson for Inglewood with 27 seconds left in the half.—
Zach Cavanagh,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025 Frisco Wakeland scored a touchdown on a jump pass with 27 seconds left to beat Highland Park 29-28 in the second round of the playoffs two years ago.—
Greg Riddle,
Dallas News,
2 Sep. 2023 On Beaman’s catch, Muhammed faked a run and threw a jump pass to Beaman, who then raced into the end zone for the touchdown.—
Anton Williams,
al,
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