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In American football, blocking or interference (or running interference) involves legal movements in which one player uses his body to obstruct another player's path. The purpose of blocking is to prevent defensive players from tackling the ball carrier, or to protect a quarterback who is attempting to pass, hand off or run the ball.
Such blocks are banned due to the risk of injury, particularly those to the knee and ankle. [1] [2] The penalty for a block below the waist is 15 yards in the NFL, NCAA, and in high school. The block is illegal unless it is against the ball carrier. [3] In the NFL, blocking below the waist is illegal during kicking plays and after a change of ...
In gridiron football, a chop block is an attempt by an offensive player to cut block (block at the thigh level or lower) a defensive player while the defender is already engaged by another offensive player. The chop block is usually considered illegal and penalized by a loss of 15-yards due to the injury risk it presents to the defender. [1]
This is considered a "chop block", not a cut block. In the NCAA, cut blocking is allowed as long as the block is away from the original position of the ball. [3] The Fall Experimental Football League and the NFL banned use of the chop block but the cut block remains a legal block in the NFL. [4]
In gridiron football, a block in the back is an action in which a blocker contacts a non-ballcarrying member of the opposing team from behind and above the waist. The foul may be called when the area blocked is anywhere on the back. [ 1 ]
Jalen Hurts (1) sneaks for a touchdown against the Bears, a play the Eagles have perfected this season by also lining up teammates behind the quarterback and shoving him ahead.
In college football, the NCAA allows ineligible receivers a maximum of 3 yards. [4] [5] The penalty in both the NFL and NCAA is 5 yards. [1] [6] The NCAA allows for an exception on screen plays, where the ineligible player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage to go out and block when the ball is caught behind the line of scrimmage.
Conference tiebreakers are going to take some getting used to for some of college football's top leagues, as, for example, the expanded Big Ten and SEC are seeing numerous teams in conference ...