Touchback or not?

[prosec34]

Originally Posted by ajmc

The scrimmage kick has touched the ground and K2 has possessed the ball, and touched down at the R-1. Since K can recover a grounded scrimmage kick, but not advance it, the play is dead when K possessed the scrimmage kick. 1st & 10 for R at the R-1, which is both the spot of first touching and the spot where the play ended.

All momentum did was cause K to carry a dead ball into the EZ, which has no bearing on anything.

Well, he's not really "advancing" the football, is he? It's not going to be his at the end of play.

I don't think his possession of the ball is established until he hits the ground and completes the act of coming down, which in this case ends up in the end zone. But I don't have my rulebook in front of me, either. I might be wrong, but it doesn't seem like he'd be awarded for falling into the EZ.