The phrase "act a player" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be an attempt to convey a meaning related to performing or behaving like a player, but it lacks clarity and proper usage.
Example: "In the game, you need to act a player to succeed, but it's better to say 'play the role of a player.'"
Alternatives: "play a role" or "perform as a player."
One of Thomas's former Chiefs teammates, Tony Richardson, while speaking, reached into his pocket and put an Alabama cap on his head, a special act for a player from the Auburn University, Alabama's chief rival.
LONDON — Do you sometimes feel that sports are at risk of being dehumanized by applying statistics to almost every act that a player or an athlete does, short of how many times he or she breathes during a performance?
There was still time for Montenegro to deny England victory, but that is a side issue compared to the ridiculous act of a player who could now miss two-thirds of England's group phase next summer.
Act one, "The Play," features the lonely Lear in the storm; act two, "Playing," features the Fool, Earl of Kent, Lear, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, the blinded Earl of Gloucester, Edmund, and the "mad" Edgar; act three, "A Player," features Wu himself as a character.
After leaving Milan in 2002, he had spells at Atlético Madrid, Lazio, Atalanta and Barcelona, where his final act as a player was to win La Liga in 2004-05 under his old Milan teammate Frank Rijkaard.
A foul is an unfair act by a player, deemed by the referee to contravene the Laws of the Game of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFAA).
The suspension was for a violation of the new 2009 NCAA football playing rule that required mandatory conference video review of an act where a player initiates helmet-to-helmet contact and targets a defenseless opponent.
Try wikiHow's How to Think and Act Like a Player (Playa).
Kidd may think like a coach, but he still acts like a player.
