Enforcement Spot Questions

[Rich]

Originally Posted by kytank

On an incomplete pass where is the enforcement spot for roughing the passer in high school?
How about on a completed pass?

also

Passer goes beyond the neutral zone and throws the ball. Is the enforcement spot from where the pass was thrown? Can you have a roughing call on an illegal forward pass?

NFHS:

Roughing the passer on an incomplete pass is enforced 15 yards from the previous spot with an automatic first down.

If the pass is completed, it's 15 yards from the end of the last run provided there's no change in team possession and the last run is beyond the neutral zone (otherwise it reverts back to previous spot enforcement) -- and an automatic first down.

On the illegal forward pass, it's a 5 yard penalty from the spot of the pass (it's treated as a running play for enforcement and the spot of the illegal pass is the end of the related run). He is not a passer, by definition, so there cannot be roughing the passer. There can (of course) be a personal foul depending on the type and severity of contact, but the protection should be that which you'd give any other runner.