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Originally posted by parepat
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K is down by three with less than a minute to go. K attempts an onside(s) kick from its 40 yard line. K1 kicks the ball into the ground and the ball then bounds high into the air. R1 gives a proper fair catch signal at the fifty yard line and completes the catch. As soon as R1 catches the ball he is hit by K2 and fumbles. K3 Recovers at R's 45.
Questions.
1. What is the foul?
2. When does the play end?
3. What are the enforcement options?
4. Whose ball?
This play actually happened to us this year.
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Once the kick was grounded, R can no longer give a valid fair catch signal. R has commited a foul for an invalid fair catch signal. As soon as R completes the catch, the ball is dead. Because this is NOT subject to PSK, K can elect to rekick or they can decline and allow R to keep the ball at the spot of the RECOVERY of the kick. R is not given any protection because his fair catch signal was not valid. It would need to be a judgment call if K could be penalized for a dead ball personal foul.