We viewed a film on this last year during a training session. The film moderator said that this extra penalty was for the combination of an intent to harm and pass interferance. I took it to mean it was a foul that was a combination of pass interferance and unsportsman like conduct (throwing a punch at a receiver for example). The calling official only threw one flag, and I believe the referee in the film gave the personal foul signal then the pass interferance signal and enforced it as one penalty of 30 yards.
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