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NCAA new touchback rule on kick offs

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Kickoffs will definitely be different in college football starting in 2018.

Friday, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved proposed changes to the touchback rule on kickoffs. As outlined in the proposal in March, players will be allowed to fair catch any kickoff inside the 25-yard-line and the ball will be placed at the 25 like a touchback. Previously a fair catch at any point on the field meant the offense took possession at the site of the fair catch.

If a player catches a kickoff in the end zone and downs the ball, the offense will start at the 25.

The change to the definition of a touchback is designed to reduce the number of kickoff returns in the name of player safety as kickoffs are some of the most dangerous plays in football. It comes six years after kickoffs were moved up five yards to the kicking team’s 35-yard-line and the touchback starting spot was moved from the 20 to the 25.

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