2026 JC Football - Dominic's Basic Penalty Enforcement Test (Test 3)

Legal Forward Pass Play

• Time between the snap and when the forward pass ends

Pass Ends

• When the ball is complete, incomplete, intercepted

Basic Spot

• Forward pass play: Previous spot

- Exception: Personal or Unsportsmanlike Conduct on B and there is no change of position moves the spot to the end of the last run

• Run after forward pass play: End of the related run

Eligibility Requirements for A

• Wearing a number that is not between 50 and 79

• Be a back or lined up on the end of the line of scrimmage

Originally Eligible

• A player: Meets the two eligibility requirements

• B player: All

Original Ineligible

• A player: Doesn't meet both the eligibility requirements

• B player: None

Loss of Eligibility

• A player: Goes out of bounds on their own during a legal forward pass play

• B player: Never

Illegal Touching by Originally Eligible Player

• An original eligible A player looses there eligibility then touches the ball before a B player or an Offical touches the ball

• Penalty: Loss of down at the previous

- Same effect as an incomplete pass

Illegal Touching by Originally Eligible Player

• An original ineligible A player touches the ball before a B player or an Offical touches the ball

• Penalty: 5yd. penalty from the previous spot and a loss of down

Ineligible Player Down Field

• When there is a legal forward pass beyond the line of scrimmage no original ineligible player can go more than 3 yards down field until the pass is released

- Exception: The passer is legally throwing the ball away in or near the sideline

• Penalty: 5 yard penalty from the previous spot

Beyond the Line of Scrimmage

• The ball must make it beyond the line of scrimmage without touching anything in flight

• If the ball touches anything behind the LOS then it is considered to be behind the LOS

Illegal Forward Pass

• Team A

- Team A player passes the ball when his whole body is or has been completely beyond the neural zone when the ball is released

- Team A player there is a second forward pass

- Team A illegally grounds the ball

• Team B

- Every froward pass B can throw

Requirements to Legally Ground the Ball

• Conserve time (Spiking the ball)

- Only 1 A player has possessed the ball

- The ball has not touched the ground

- The ball is immediately thrown into the ground

• Conserve yardage (Throwing the ball away)

- Only 1 A player has possessed the ball

- The player is outside the tackle box and throws the ball beyond the LOS extended or throws a pass in the vicinity of an eligible receiver