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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
Then let's try this one in NCAA & Fed. K's free or scrimmage kick is in the air and leaves the field of play just inside the pylon. R1 jumps from the playing area (please let's not get into the case where R1 touches out of bounds first) and reaches to try to catch the ball, touching it out of bounds behind R's goal line. Touchback or dead ball spot where the ball crossed the sideline?
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For NCAA, the loose ball becomes dead when it touches a player who is out of bounds. In this play it appears you are saying the ball is across the goaline when it was touched by an out of bounds player. This results in a touchback.