NCAA: If this hurdling occurred prior to the snap or right at the snap, it is a dead ball foul. I.E. the play never happened.
Regardless, and this is another one of the many NCAA/NF differences, the entire penalty must be declined and that includes the yardage.
My take is, and I did not see this is that the play never happened because it was a dead ball foul, the kicking team can decline the dead ball foul and leave the ball right where it was.
If this was a live ball foul, then declining the foul would is not an option since the kick was blocked.
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