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Originally Posted by SC Ump
For NFHS, this exception to the numbering requirements as noted in 7-2-5(b) might be the only time a snapper would not be allowed to be an eligable receiver:
1. On first, second or third down, when A sets or shifts into a scrimmage-kick formation as in 2-14-2a, the snapper may be a player numbered 1 to 49 or 80 to 99. If Team A has the snapper in the game under this exception, Team A shall have at least four players wearing numbers 50-79 on its line of scrimmage. The snapper in the game under this exception must be between the ends and is an ineligible forwardpass receiver during that down unless the pass is touched by B (7-5-6b).
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I think this rule change is what confuses people into thinking the snapper can never be eligible. We had a lot of discussion in our area about it this year and people now think the exception rule needs to be clarified. It hasn't changed in the 12 years I've been officiating but adding this new 1st-3rd down sitaution has confused what people clearly understood previously.