Illegal formation?

[bsaucer]

NCAA rules... Team A lines up with 8 men on the line of scrimage. What is the ruling if:

A: Six interior linemen all wear an inelligible number, or

B: One of the interior linemen wears an elligible number?

[Welpe]

The formation is legal in both cases but in part B the interior lineman with the eligible number is ineligible by position.

[Texas Aggie]

B is legal as long as there are 5 players with numbers between 50-79, unless they are in a scrimmage kick formation. As Welpe said, any interior lineman is illegal by position.

50-79 are ALWAYS illegal, regardless of formation. I add this because there is some confusion about a difference between NFL and NCAA rules. Under NCAA rules, there is no requirement that the end have an eligible number. I think in the NFL, he has to.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

B is legal as long as there are 5 players with numbers between 50-79, unless they are in a scrimmage kick formation. As Welpe said, any interior lineman is illegal by position.

50-79 are ALWAYS illegal, regardless of formation. I add this because there is some confusion about a difference between NFL and NCAA rules. Under NCAA rules, there is no requirement that the end have an eligible number. I think in the NFL, he has to.

Don't you mean ineligible, not necessarily illegal? Maybe I am reading too much into this but isn't that a little different classification?

Peace