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The NCAA made a further rule change effective in its 2018 season, treating a fair catch on a kickoff, or free kick following a safety, between the receiving team's goal line and 25-yard line as a touchback. The NFL adopted this later change in 2023, and changed its spot for touchbacks on kickoffs to the 30-yard line in 2024. All other touchback ...
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 ...
The NFL's new dynamic kickoff is achieving its goals in the preseason of raising the rate of return and the threat of big plays after years of increasing touchbacks. Whether that will carry over ...
— The NFL kickoff is getting a makeover. ... Touchbacks will also be placed closer in, as a hope of encouraging returns. Touchbacks increased steadily in recent years, up from 416 in 2010 to ...
A kickoff that reaches the end zone on the fly can be returned or downed for a touchback to the 30-yard line. If a kick fails to reach the 20-yard line, the returning team gets the ball at the 40 ...
ORLANDO – By a 29-3 vote, NFL owners approved major changes to kickoff rules for the 2024 season, adopting a version of the play the XFL had used in recent years. Under the new rules, the kicker ...