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However, intentional grounding can be called on a quarterback (or other offensive ballcarrier) outside the pocket if the pass fails to go beyond the line of scrimmage. In the CFL, the quarterback is not subject to an intentional grounding penalty regardless of his location, so long as the pass reaches the line of scrimmage.
A spike can only be legally performed when the passer is under center, performs the spike immediately after the snap in a single continuous movement, and when the game clock is running. Spiking at any other point while the ball is live is always intentional grounding regardless of pressure or location; this is called a delayed spike. [4]
In the NFL and NCAA, a 10-second runoff is assessed if any of the following acts are committed in the last minute of either half/overtime (as of 2017, after the two-minute warning in the NFL): [19] A foul by either team that prevents the ball from being snapped; Intentional grounding; Illegal forward pass beyond the line of scrimmage
According to the NCAA rulebook, there is no intentional grounding penalty if the quarterback throws the ball where he expects his receiver to be.
CHICAGO - Dan Campbell was animated on the sideline after officials did not call an intentional grounding penalty on Justin Fields late in the third quarter of Sunday's 28-13 loss to the Chicago ...
The intentional grounding penalty imposes restrictions on the legality of this move. The quarterback can legally throw the football away past the line of scrimmage when he leaves the pocket (defined in terms of the offensive tackle ), and may not not spike the ball except for the following case.
Chiles was flagged for intentional grounding which set up second-and-25, but MSU picked up 15, then 29 yards on a checkdown to Nate Carter, to get the Spartans near the U-M red zone.
On the previous play, during which the clock had run out, Oklahoma State had been called for intentional grounding on fourth down. Under NCAA rules, a game cannot end on an accepted live ball foul; however, an exception to that rule states that if the penalty includes a loss of down—which is the case for intentional grounding—the game ends ...