Vermilionclassof2023

ALT New NFL Kickoff Rules Entering the 2024 season, the NFL will introduce new kickoff rules. Here’s how they’ll work. • A touchback will be granted at a) the 40-yard line if the ball doesn’t pass the 20-yard line, b) the 30-yard line if the ball is kicked into the end zone, c) the 20-yard line if the ball first lands in the field of play before rolling into the end zone. • The kicker is no longer permitted to pass the yard line. • Before the play, the kick/receive team is required to issue indication. (There is no need for the receive/kick team to indicate.) • Players on the kicking team can no longer tackle the returner until he has passed the yard line. • The 40-yard-line is no longer #10. It now falls within the yard line. • Any kick returner, upon running either of the footballs past the yard line, loses the ability to indicate and will be subject. • Onside kicks • Team on field must still acquiesce. • If, in the judgment of the officials, a yard penalty will be