Ill-legal block?

[Reffing Rev.]

KCI potential?

[CT1]

Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.

KCI potential?

Yes, if an R player is in position to catch the kick. But that wasn't specified in the OP.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.

KCI potential?

Yes. If you make the play something it was not, then yes. But feel free to make the play something it was not... OP did.

[Sturno]

Once any of the 3 conditions in 9-3-8 are met, K can contact R. Think about it. Do you really think that on a kick to R's 1 yard line, no one is making contact until the returner touches the ball.

Precisely...and I'm trying to envision a time in the last 20 + years where I've seen a KO downfield and R wasn't immediately initiating contact with K anyway in an attempt to block / setup for the return....even by poorly kicked balls clearly going OOB. Within 1 or 2 seconds from the kick, usually 2 of these 3 conditions have already been met.