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Originally Posted by Welpe
You are correct that once a fair catch is signaled, the ball will be dead when Team B (receiving team) recovers and they cannot advance the ball. The ball hitting the kicking team player in the back is considered illegal touching and in this case Team B would have the option of taking the ball at that spot or the result of the play.
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Welpe,
Does this apply even if the receiving team has no chance at all to catch the ball? Ive seen the fair catch signal, and the ball sail way over the receiver. This was kinda the case I saw, the ball was 20 yards left of the receiver.