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NCAA football rules - Need help with roughing the kicker rule?
I need help in finding the official NCAA rules for this situation.
4th down and 19 yards to go. QB takes snap under center. Pitches to back. Back runs parallel to line for 4 steps. Back punts the ball while defensive tackle hits him from behind.
Is this roughing the kicker? I can't find the rule that states it is not roughing the kicker. Ref called personal foul/roughing the kicker. This can't be right, but I can't prove it.
3 Answers
- Rob BLv 71 decade ago
Rule 9, Section 1, Article 4. a. "When it is obvious that a scrimmage kick will be made, no opponent shall run into or rough the kicker or the holder of a place kick."
There are also two Approved Rulings that partially apply:
AR 9-1-4
III. A1, from a non-scrimmage kick formation, makes a quick, unexpected kick so suddenly that B1 cannot avoid contact. RULING: This is not roughing or running into the kicker since the rule applies only when it is reasonably obvious that a kick will be made.
VI. Kicker A1, in a scrimmage kick formation, moves laterally two or
three steps to recover a faulty snap, or recovers a snap that went
over his head and then kicks the ball. He is contacted by B2 in
an unsuccessful attempt to block the kick. RULING: A1 does
not automatically lose his protection in either case. A1 is entitled
to protection as in any other kicking situation. When it becomes
obvious that A1 intends to kick (in a normal punting position),
defensive players must avoid him.
The referee has to make a decision if the back assumed a punting position prior to the contact being made and if the defender had a reasonable opportunity to avoid contact once the back did so. In your case, the referee decided that he realized the back was going to punt and that the defender should have as well.
Source(s): 13 years officiating HS and NCAA football - Anonymous5 years ago
NO, it is NOT a touchdown. It is the kicking team's ball 1st and 10 at the spot they recovered it. The kicking team can recover a kick, but they can never ADVANCE the kick. The ball becomes dead immediately once the kicking team gains possession. Rule 6, Section 1, Article 6a of 2009-10 NCAA Football Rules and Interpretations states (in part) "If caught or recovered by a player of the kicking team, the ball becomes dead. The ball belongs to the receiving team at the deadball spot, unless the kicking team is in legal possession when the ball is declared dead. In the latter case, the ball belongs to the kicking team." The only way it could be a touchdown is if the ball had already rolled into the receiving team's end zone and the kicking team recovered there.
