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Team K lines up in scrimmage kick formation. These are the numbers of the players for K:

80 - 83 - 60 - 40 - 61 - 70 - 85

---------12--------20

--------------15
--------------63

K then shifts out of this formation and moves into this position (we called it a reverse swinging gate):

80 - 83 - 60 - 63 - 61 - 70---------------------------40
--------------------------------------------------------85

---------------------------12------------------------------20

-----------------------------------------------------15


Since 40 was in under the numbering exception and initially set up between the ends as required, does the shifting of the entire line and putting 40 in an eligible position make him eligible?

My position, based on 7-2-5-b-exception 2, is that it does not since 40 did not initially set in an eligible position and was in under the numbering exception, the shift by K would not make him eligible.

Am I correct or does the shift make 40 eligible?