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Originally Posted by bsaucer
If A12 legally threw a pass and it hit A77 in the back, is that legal?
Which level rule book is that quote from?
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NFHS: legal. Illegal touching is intentional, and accidental touching (getting hit in the back) is ignored.
7.5.13 SITUATION A: Ineligible receiver A2 is behind, in or beyond his neutral
zone when a forward pass by A1: (a) accidentally strikes him in the back; or (b)
is muffed by him; or (c) is caught by him.
RULING: In (a), there is no infraction,
but in (b) and (c), it is illegal touching. The acts in both (b) and (c) are intentional
and not accidental as in (a). Although ineligible downfield could also be called,
the loss of down provision for illegal touching will see that penalty most often
applied.