Late Hit

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Originally Posted by bossman72

I seen this in a game this weekend and i don't believe this should have been called a late hit out of bounds since the RB wasn't slowing up, the contact didn't really take place out of bounds, and neither player was aware that the RB stepped out of bounds.


What would you guys have called?

Were you at my game this weekend? We actually had a play similar to this. The only difference was that the running back stepped OOB, continued a little, but was not moving at full speed and was right on the OOB line.

I think this is a judgement call depending on the situation. In your example, it could go either way. If there is no way to tell if he was OOB or not, you have an out by saying that the RB's movement gave no indication that he was OOB. But if he lets up, even a little, I think I would err on the side of caution and flag this.