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The kickoff point remains at the kicking team's 35-yard line, but all players on the kicking team apart from the kicker line up at the receiving team's 40. At least nine members of the receiving team must line up in a "setup zone" between their own 30- and 35-yard lines, and one or two returners are allowed in the "landing zone" between the ...
Fans who have watched any preseason NFL action likely have already noticed how different kickoffs look: The kicker stands alone at his own 35-yard line. The rest of the coverage team, and most of ...
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 ...
Under the new rule, the kickoff would remain at the 35-yard line, but the kicker’s 10 teammates would be lined up at the opponent’s 40-yard line.
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 1984 season, the ball was placed on the 30-yard line (instead of the 20) if a kickoff sailed through the end zone on the fly and untouched. This rule was rescinded after one year. Among other rule changes to 2007, kickoffs have been moved from the 35-yard line back five yards to the 30-yard line to match that of the NFL.
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.
NCAA rules on fair catches are similar to NFL and NFHS rules, except it does not have the fair catch kick option, and a fair catch from a kickoff that is caught between the receiving team's goal line and its 25-yard line is a touchback. The NCAA abolished the fair catch in 1950 but reinstated it in 1951 without the fair catch kick option.