Football Question # 19.

[Lighthouse]

Fourth and 12 on team K's 10 yardline. K1's punt lands on team K's 45 yardline and bounces high into the air. After the ball strikes the ground, R2 gives a fair-catch signal and recovers the ball while on his knees at team K's 40 yardline.

A. There is no foul.
B. R2's fair-catch signal results in a foul.
C. Had R2 not been on his knee when he recovered the ball, he could have advanced.
D. The ball is dead when R2 recovers it.

[Matt Dillon]

a, c & d.....

[KevinHall]

I'll go with B & C

[Lighthouse]

The correct answer to question # 19

is A & D for NCAA and B & D for HS.

RULE 4; Ball in Play, Dead Ball, Out of Bounds.

SECTION 1. Ball in Play—Dead Ball.
Ball Declared Dead
ARTICLE 3. A live ball becomes dead and an official shall sound his whistle or declare it dead:
g. When a scrimmage kick or a free kick is caught or recovered by any player after a valid or invalid fair-catch signal; or when an invalid fair-catch signal is made after a catch or recovery by Team B (Rules 2-8-1 through 3).