Onside Kick Question

[Rich]

Originally Posted by maven

You mean eliminate the possibility of a legal fair catch signal.

NFHS - Yes.

NCAA - No, a new rule this year just for onside kicks allows receivers to fair catch a onside kick after it has touched the ground once and bounced up into the air.

The rule was new last year, actually.

A lot of the information in this thread is good for NFHS games, but don't apply to NCAA games -- such as -- a player in an NCAA game can legally signal for a fair catch after one bounce.