Penalty enforcement punt from EZ

[bballref3966]

Football is not my area of expertise, so I don't know if the officials got this one right, but I figured I'd ask. Here's the question...

"Explain this one. Blocked punt from the endzone. Punter got hit during the block. Ball recovered by defense in the endzone. Personal foul was called (for the hit on the punter) and ball was given back to the punting team and placed at the 35 yd line."

Is this correct for NFHS rules?

[jTheUmp]

Insufficient information.

Did the player who blocked the kick contact the punter, or was it another player who roughed the punter?
Where was the snap from?

If the R player blocked the kick before roughing the punter, no foul should've been called.

If an R player other than the one who blocked the kick roughed the punter, then a foul is the correct call. Since the result of the play was a touchdown for R, the 15-yard penalty would be enforced from the previous spot. If the previous spot was the 20-yard-line, this would result in first and 10 for A at the 35, as apparently happened in your situation.

[OKREF]

I have a hard time seeing roughing the punter on a blocked kick.

[Rich]

If someone other than the person that blocked the kick hits him, it's possible.....or if it's flagrant....but I've never had it happen.

[bigjohn]

Sounds FUBAR'd to me!

[CT1]

I won't speculate on the quality of the call, but Roughing The Kicker is penalized 15 yards from the previous spot, plus Automatic First Down.

[bigjohn]

Even if the guy that blocked the kick hit the kicker it could be roughing. If the R felt like he contacted the kicker and it was avoidable he could still call Roughing the Kicker and that would be 15 from previous spot and Automatic First Down. He has a giant pair if he does this! Kudos!

[HLin NC]

Had one do that to me once. It was not a very pleasant time on my sideline for a while after that

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by bigjohn

Even if the guy that blocked the kick hit the kicker it could be roughing. If the R felt like he contacted the kicker and it was avoidable he could still call Roughing the Kicker and that would be 15 from previous spot and Automatic First Down. He has a giant pair if he does this! Kudos!

Yikes. I agree with bigjohn here. This is correct but very unlikely to happen. Touching the kick doesn't give the R player free reign to hit the kicker.