Take on Horse collar

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rolling Wolf

No horse collar penalty as the runner was not pull down backwards and fell in a forward motion. The issue I am running into is officials calling horse collar fouls when runner is pulled down by the back of the jersey and not necessarily pulled down backwards. If it's the jersey and the hand is not inside of the pad, is that a horse collar foul?

Not according to the high school rule. The grab has to be on the inside part of the pads or jersey. Just grabbing the jersey is not enough. The NCAA added the "name plate" to their definition and there are some officials that probably think that is the NF rule. As of now, it is not.

Peace