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Originally Posted by Welpe
The status of the illegal kick in this situation is not a kick. It retains its previous status. In this case, it is simply treated as a fumble.
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Except for the (strong) chance of my being out of date on this, it's not even called "a kick" in Fed rules, and the action is of illegally kicking the ball rather than an illegal kick. AFAICT, the status of the loose ball is still that of "backward pass". The snap was completed when the ball was muffed.