Utah / Oregon ( Leon Lett II )

[Multiple Sports]

I'm a basketball guy who doesn't know football rules. Last Saturday night, Utah WR caught a pass and was running for an apparent score. He mistakenly dropped the ball on the one yard line thinking he was in the endzone. The Oregon player who was behind him picked up the ball after seeing that the official had not given the TD signal nor blew the whistle.

However the defender came from OTB to pick up the ball. Now note, he didn't run OTB on purpose. His momentum carried him that way after running 70 yards.

Can he go OTB and come back inbounds and be first touch.....

[Welpe]

Yes he can. There are only a couple of times when stepping out of bounds in NCAA matters and this is not one.

A kicking team player cannot step out on his own and then return.

On offense if an eligible receiver steps out on his own and returns, he is ineligible to touch a forward pass until the defense touches it.

[football-1]

on this play. was there a possibility for to declare dead ball ?

long time ball did not move. and some time no player did move in direction of ball.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by football-1

on this play. was there a possibility for to declare dead ball ?

long time ball did not move. and some time no player did move in direction of ball.

Yes, if everyone walks away from the ball and leave it there, but that is not what happened. Pretty quickly the deep wing realized the situation and moved towards the ball and then picked it up.

Peace

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by football-1

on this play. was there a possibility for to declare dead ball ?

long time ball did not move. and some time no player did move in direction of ball.

Eventually.

Not even close though on this play.

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

IHowever the defender came from OTB to pick up the ball.

I'm glad he didn't spend so much time in the off track betting parlor as to miss much of the game, then.

I think you meant "OOB".

[bwburke94]

Utah believed their runner had scored and some of the special teams players may have come onto the field. I don't have a definitive angle, but it appears that at least two or three of them were on the field. The runback was on the other side of the field so this didn't affect the play, but that doesn't mean it's legal to have 13-14 players on the field.

[Texas Aggie]

Actually, Leon Lett got ran down by a Bills player who knocked the ball out of his hands. Not saying he was being smart, but it was a hustle play on the other team. Here, the Utah player went to sleep on his own.

Tough play for TV coverage. I was watching it live.