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Originally posted by ase
also, how about kicking?
if the kicker kick the ball out of bound without anyone touch it, is it a penalty?
in week 2 Dallas vs NY Giant, at the end of 4th Q, M.Bryant kick it out of bound and Dallas start from 40 yards?
thanks again
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You are mixing up kicking situations. It is never illegal to punt (scrimmage kick) the ball OOB. The ball is placed at the spot where it crossed the sideline.
On a kick off (free kick) the ball can't go OOB without being touched by an R player. It is illegal procedure, free kick OOB. In NF it can be placed 25 yards from previous spot. In NCAA and NFL it can be placed 30 yards from previous spot. The other options for all levels it to take it where it went OOB or back up the kicking team 5 yards and kick again. The NFL has another option on onside kicks. If it goes OOB then they automatically is backed up 5 yards and they do it again. If it then goes OOB again then it is placed at that spot for R 1-10.