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Football Officiating => NCAA Discussion => Topic started by: will27 on October 02, 2013, 06:04:55 AM

Title: Touchback on punts into end zone
Post by: will27 on October 02, 2013, 06:04:55 AM

Team A's punt bounces over the goal line and is still in the air. A covering player tries to prevent
a touchback.
 
Does the rule differ from NFL? In the NFL, a kick-team player can bat or throw the ball back
into play as long as his foot doesn't touch the goal line.   

Title: Re: Touchback on punts into end zone
Post by: Kalle on October 02, 2013, 06:08:19 AM

Yes, it does. In NCAA it is only the position of the ball that matters, not where the player has last touched ground.