Lineman recieving handoff
 

Is it legal for a lineman to recieve a handoff and run the ball? NFHS. Thanks

In a very limited circumstance, yes. He must pivot and do a 180 and face his own goal line to do so.

Yes. They can be handed the ball after the snap at any time by a player in possession of it who's not behind him, and under certain conditions by a player who is behind him. The conditions are set out in 7-3-2 in the form of those forward handoffs which are not allowed. However, it is very common in children's football for certain players, designated by a mark on their helmet, by virtue of their weight to not be allowed to advance (or pass, hand, or kick) the ball once they gain possession of it.

Not if the player handing him the ball was not ahead of him.

Not entirely correct.


A player can hand the ball forward to another player provided that:
a) both players are in or behind the neutral zone
b) there has not yet been a chance of possession during the down.

NFHS 7-3-2.
7-3-2a talks about when it's legal to hand the ball to a lineman.

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman
Not if the player handing him the ball was not ahead of him.

Hence the phrase "limited circumstance". I do not feel compelled to copy and paste every rule phrase out of the Arbiter to satisfy your misguided, nit picky, obsession with football trivia.

What do you mean by lineman?

Hint: If you're talking about someone who usually plays guard wearing a number like 53 and is lined up in the backfield, he's not a lineman on that play.

I mean a guard legally on the LOS at the snap. Thanks

The difference between a Lineman and a Back
 

He is not, Rich you should perhaps read it again.

Jwaz is correctly referring to a "Lineman" as in NFHS 2-32-9

Rich on the other hand is describing a "Back" as in NFHS 2-32-3

And that was clear in the OP?

Perhaps I'm thinking it's possible that the OP was incorrectly using the word lineman? Wouldn't be the first time someone has done that, after all.

ART. 2 . . . If a fumble or a backward pass is caught or recovered by any player,
he may advance.


A lineman can receive a hand-off any time as long as it is not a forward hand-off, right?

7-3-1

7-3-1


that covers handing the ball but not taking the handoff, does it?


I mean, that pivot 180% crap only effects forward handing, correct??

Yes, as I wrote above at #3 & #4, before further posts muddied the water.