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Originally Posted by TXMike
Don't know the NFHS restrictions but in NCAA the defender can continue "chucking" the receiver all the way down the field as long as the receiver is not on the same yardline as the defender or gone past the defender or the ball has been passed.
This is an imprtant distinction for a place that is transitioning from NFL to NCAA rules as the NFL rules are much more restrictive.
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NFHS Rules and NCAA Rules are basically the same. NFHS states when he is "no longer a potential blocker" whereas the entire NCAA Rule reads
c . Defensive players may use hands and arms to push, pull, ward off or
lift offensive players obviously attempting to block them. Defensive
players may ward off or legally block an eligible pass receiver until that
player occupies the same yard line as the defender or until the opponent
could not possibly block him. Continuous contact is illegal (A.R.
9-3-4-I, II and IV).
My interpretation and more importantly, Rogers Redding's is once the eligible receiver get even with or past the d-back contact was illegal.
Would an eligible receiver on a crossing route be subject to a linebacker blocking?