Possible Clues:

• *Football field director
• US director of play returning after three months
• Play caller ... or, when shortened, a hint to 10-, 16-, 20-, 24-, and 36-Down
• Play caller
• Football team member
• NFL Hall of Famer Otto Graham's position
• Chintzy rebate?
• 'The pizza is $9.75 ... he hands the $10 off to the boy and waits for the ___'
• Pigskin passer
• Fraction of a football squad?