Free kick after safety

[HLin NC]

Free kick, same options.

If the ball goes out of bounds on the punt is it still a foul

[CT1]

R can choose to:

(1) Take the ball at the OOB spot.
(2) Take the ball 25 yards from the free kick spot.
(3) Penalize K 5 yards and rekick.

Thanks, thought I was right but this has never happened in a game till last night

[Texas Aggie]

Take the ball at the OOB spot.

Interesting. NCAA gives them OOB + 5 as an option, effectively negating EITHER the 30 yard OR spot plus 5 since only one of the two would be appropriate (as is still the case here, but different yardage options).

I'm wondering where else in the rule book (Fed or NCAA) that one penalty option is to take the result of the play. Not talking about declining the penalty but accepting it.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Interesting. NCAA gives them OOB + 5 as an option, effectively negating EITHER the 30 yard OR spot plus 5 since only one of the two would be appropriate (as is still the case here, but different yardage options).

I'm wondering where else in the rule book (Fed or NCAA) that one penalty option is to take the result of the play. Not talking about declining the penalty but accepting it.

Taking the ball at the OOB spot in Fed is declining the penalty.

[HLin NC]

It's still a free kick, whether on a tee or a punt after a safety, so the same options apply. Don't confuse the term punt in regards to a free kick as in its normal use with a scrimmage kick.