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Originally Posted by With_Two_Flakes
Dont watch much NFL, but I seem to recall NFL is about where the players feet are?
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That would be correct. If a player jumps from the field of play and is able to bat/toss a ball in the air back, it would not be a touchback.
NFL
Rule 9, Section 2, Article 2
Item 2: If a player of the kicking team touches the goal line with any part of his body while touching the ball, the ball is dead, and the result of the play is a touchback.
Note: The spot of first touching is normally the yard line at which the ball is at when touched. If the first touching occurs while the ball is in the air above or beyond the goal line, and prior to the ball touching the goal line or the ground beyond the goal line, the spot of first touching is deemed to be the spot from which the touching player left the field of play, but in no event inside the receiving team's one-yard line.