Thread: Punt behind NZ
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Old Mon Sep 06, 2010, 08:05pm
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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman View Post
In all current major USAn and Canadian codes, yes. In NCAA, because the ball touched ground on R's side of the neutral zone, R would have a theoretic choice of the touchdown or 1st down at the spot of touching by K.
Under NFHS rules, there is no first touching on this play as the ball was touched by K BEHIND the NZ.

K could actually have picked the ball up and advanced it.
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