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The NFHS Rules Study Guide (by Demetriou and Redding), gives example 5-19 on page 34.
Second and 10 on Team A's 30 yard line. A7 passes forward to A84 who fish hooks and dives backwards grabbing the ball at his 45 yard line. B23 makes contact at the 44 yard line and A84 lands at his 43 yard line. RULING: The ball is spotted where A84 was contacted, the 44 yard line.
While this isn't the exact play that Mike Sears presented, it does have the same general components: A receiver is coming back towards the passer, gains possession of the ball, is contacted by the defender, and then completes the catch by returning to the ground.
Demetriou and Redding go on to say that, "Once awarded a catch, forward progress is marked at the point where the receiver is contacted or pushed forward. The spot where the receiver would have landed is not the forward progress spot."
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