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Originally Posted by Ed Hickland
Let's go a step further.
Ball is snapped to the holder, unable to field the ball it bounds off his hands to the potential kicker who grabs it and runs for a touchdown. Legal?
Or, ball is snapper to the holder who bats the ball backwards to the potential kickerwho runs for a touchdown. Legal?
What is the rule?
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That's a very interesting play that requires a lot of digging for references. I would rule both legal. First nothing in 4.2 would make it a dead ball. Second, since the snap by definition is a backward pass, nothing in 9.7.3 makes it illegal either unless your holder has an ineligible number.