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After a safety is scored, the ball is put into play by a free kick. The team that was scored upon must kick the ball from its own 20-yard line and can punt, drop kick, or place kick the ball. Prior to 2024, a tee could not be used in the NFL; a tee has always been legal in high school or college football. Once the ball has been kicked, it can ...
A safety is signaled by a referee holding both palms together above the head, fingertips pointing upwards. After a safety, the team that conceded the safety kicks a free kick (which may be a punt, place kick, or drop-kick) from its 20-yard line.
The kick must be a free kick (a kickoff, or free kick after a safety; in high school football, but not the NFL, the rare fair catch kick can also be recovered onside). The kick must cross the receiving team's restraining line (normally 10 yards in front of the kicking team's line), unless the receiving team touches the ball before that line.
After a safety, the scoring team would take possession at its own 35-yard line, again with the caveat that the scored-upon team could attempt an onside conversion. The onside conversion, which replaced the onside kick, was a play unique to the AAF.
The NFL only considers kickoffs, safety kicks or onside kicks to be free kicks and specifically states that a fair-catch kick "is not a free kick." There's also this from Rule 10, Section 2 ...
Brown, the No. 3 receiver behind starters Montorie Foster and Jaron Glover, had one catch for 15 yards in the first quarter and returned a kick after MSU’s safety for 30 yards.
Gillan was penalized for an illegal kick. The Eagles actually took control of the ball on the Giants' 33-yard line. Gillan attempted the kick from the Giants' 43-yard line, so the team lost 10 ...
After a safety, the team that was scored upon must kick the ball to the scoring team from its own 20-yard line. In the unusual event of a safety occurring during a try for an extra point or two points after a touchdown, this scores only one point and is followed by a kickoff as after any other try. (In some codes, the rules allow the defense in ...