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Any player can wear any number. There are no provisions to report to the officials to become an eligible receiver wearing an ineligible number. For A to have a legal scrimmage play they must have at least 5 players wearing numbers from 50-79 lined up on the LOS unless you use the scrimmage kick exception. There is no requirement as to which players are wearing those numbers. To be an eligible receiver you must not be wearing numbers 50-79 and you must either be a back or the end on the LOS, that means that the center can be eligible in the right formation. Backs who do not ever go down field during pass plays or ever try to catch forward passes may wear any number.
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