In American football, when a
player unknowingly and unintentionally runs out the back of their own end zone, resulting in a safety. This differs from a traditional safety in the way that the offensive
player does not fumble or is physically tackled by an opponent. Coined in reference to Detroit Lion's quarterback
Dan Orlovsky running out the back of his end zone against the Minnesota Vikings in the 2008 NFL season.
-"Did you see
the game yesterday, the
stupid back-up quarterback pulled an Orlovsky safety to lose
the game!!"
-"Don't even talk to me about that, it's one of the dumbest plays a professional athlete can make."