Same number?

[Mark Padgett]

Guys, I came over from the basketball board to ask this question. NCAA rules - can two players wear the same number? In roundball, they cannot. Thanks.

[paulsonj72]

Yes with conditions. They cannot be in the game at the same time and they cannot play the same position. Therefore as an example a team can have two players wearing #7. They cannot be in the game at the same time and cannot for example both play QB

[jTheUmp]

paulsonj72 is correct.

The position thing is a little bit hazy though... a "position" is not clearly defined in the rulebook. The intention of the rule is so that you don't have a right-handed QB #7 and a left-handed QB #7 (or a traditional punter #12 and a rugby-style punter #12)... but does this apply to a first-string RG #65 and a second-string LG #65? Or an MLB #94 and an OLB #94?

We almost had an issue with this in one of my games this fall... two #1s on the field for Team A on a punt. Luckily for them (and for us, since we didn't catch it until we reviewed the film), Team B called a timeout and Team A came out with different personnel after the timeout.

[Reffing Rev.]

Qb and a punter with the same number...are they punting or going for it?

Not a fan of that.