Texas Tech runs sideways snap to 308-pound OL (2024)

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USA Football (Rule 4) and NFHS (Rule 7-1-2) The snapper may lift the ball for lateral rotation but may not rotate end-for-end or change location or fail to keep the long axis of the ball at right angles to the line of scrimmage.

If the ball is touched by Team B during an illegal snap, the ball remains dead and Team A is penalized (A.R. 7-1-5-I-II). The snap need not be between the snapper's legs; but to be legal, it must be a quick and continuous backward motion.

If it hits the ground, the person throwing or "pitching" the lateral pass will be subjected to the fumble designation in the statistics in the NFL, even if the ball is dropped or muffed by a teammate, although in college football this can be credited to whichever player the statistician feels is most responsible.

The center can be called for an illegal snap if he moves the ball before the snap, and there are a few ways this can become a penalty: picking up the ball or moving it forward, rotating the ball around end-to-end, or removing both hands.

The snap involves two players—the quarterback and the center. When the teams are lined up and in formation for the beginning of a play, the quarterback calls “hike” to signal the start of the offensive play.

A legal snap is handing or passing it backward from its position on the ground with a quick and continuous backward motion of the hand or hands and actually leaving the hand or hands in this motion. The snap need not to be between the snapper's legs.

Only in arena football is the center required by rule to be the snapper. In other codes, a guard, tackle, running back, tight end or split end can legally deliver the snap; such scenarios, known as an unbalanced line, are seldom used outside of trick plays and novelties.

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The snap must be a quick and continuous movement of the ball by one or both hands of the snapper, and the ball must leave the snapper's hands. The various rules codes have additional requirements, all of which have the effect of requiring the ball to go backward.