Ineligible Receiver Downfield

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by Mike246

So if the OT just ran downfield, an ineligible receiver downfield penalty would be called at the time the QB releases the ball?

I still don't get where the without blocking an opponent at the time of the pass comes in.

No.

7-5-12

Ineligible A players may not advance beyond the expanded neutral zone on a legal forward pass play before a legal forward pass that crosses the neutral zone is in flight. If B touches the pass in or behind the neutral zone, this restriction is terminated. An ineligible is not illegally downfield if, at the snap, he immediately contacts a B lineman and the contact does not continue beyond the expanded neutral zone.