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In the 2023 season, the NFL adopted the same rules as college football in regard to awarding touchbacks on kickoffs that end in a fair catch. [3] In 2024, the NFL moved the placement of the ball after a touchback on a kickoff to the receiving team's 30-yard line; this was part of a radical change to the league's kickoff procedure. [4]
In the 2024 season, corresponding with the NFL's dramatic change to kickoff procedures, touchbacks on kickoffs will be spotted at the receiving team's 30-yard line. In the second XFL, the standard spot for a touchback was the receiving team's 35-yard line.
And 13 dull touchbacks. The NFL is seeking to sack such tedium. Back in March, the league passed new kickoff rules for this upcoming season, which begins on September 5. They’re somewhat ...
All 13 kickoffs went for touchbacks, marking the first Super Bowl ever without a kickoff return and providing the final impetus for the NFL to approve one of its most significant rules changes in ...
In Super Bowl LVIII, there were no kickoff returns because the Chiefs’ Harrison Butker and 49ers’ Jake Moody boomed kicks that resulted in touchbacks. Under the new rule, the kickoff would ...
Kickoffs that hit the landing zone and then wind up in the end zone can be returned or downed for a touchback that brings the ball to the 20. Kicks to or through the end zone results in a ...
All other touchback situations: 20-yard line of the team receiving possession Receiving team's 25-yard line, except that a fair catch on a kickoff or free-kick after a safety between the receiving team's 25-yard line and the goal line is treated as a touchback, with the ball placed on the 25
If the kickoff reaches the end zone on the fly, it can be returned or downed for a touchback at the 30-yard line. If the kickoff goes through the end zone, the ball is placed at the 30-yard line.