Airborne catch in endzone on kicks

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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

CANADIAN RULING:

Good question! If B goes dead in his EZ, it's B-1D/10 @ B-20. B's forward progress might be involuntarily pushed to the field of play, which means that the results is B-1D/10 @ B-1.

I'm going with B-1D/10 @ B-1.

I will agree with my Canadian crewmate. (Except that the OP was a kick so the result is tackled in the EZ would not be B-1D/10 @ B-20, it would be 1 point and B-1D/10 @ B-35.)

The ball is dead at the point when the player touches knee to ground. The exception is for players driven back. So yes, the tackling team could gain an advantage by knocking the ball carrier forward and out of the EZ. This would be true for a caught punt, intercepted pass or recovered fumble.