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Originally posted by ltrain1007
When diving out of bounds its the spot of the ball where you land.
When punting and kicking its where the ball crosses the out of bounds line. But when a player has position, the ball is not out of bounds until the player is, and by rule . . .
"A player or an airborne player is out of bounds when any part of his person touches anything other than another player or game official, on or outside a boundary line."
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Rule 4-3-3:
When a runner goes out of bounds, the inbounds spot is fixed by the yard line through the foremost point of the ball at the time the runner crosses the
plane of the sideline.
Yes, he's not out of bounds until he touches the ground out of bounds, but the ball still comes back to the spot where the ball was when the ball crossed the sideline plane.