He is afforded protection when he becomes a kicker 9-4-4. This is the point in time when he kicks the ball 2-23 2-30-8. His protection ends when he has had reasonable opportunity to regain his balance. Now when contact is unavoidable because it is not reasonably certain that a kick will be made then you can have an untouched kick and the kicker run into or roughed and still not have a foul 9-4-4.
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