Double Punt: What if it happens tonight?

[Bobref]

Last night in the Seahawks - Rams game, a punt was blocked, recovered by the kicker, who then kicked it again — a 68 yd. punt! What if that happens tonight? Is it legal?

You make the call!

 

Edited October 8, 2021 by Bobref

[5GetsYou1]

Absolutely Legal. The ball did not cross the expanded neutral zone, K still has the option to run, kick or pass. 

[Esso Ayche]

3 minutes ago, 5GetsYou1 said:

Absolutely Legal. The ball did not cross the expanded neutral zone, K still has the option to run, kick or pass. 

Is it the expanded NZ in NFHS, or just the NZ?

[snrmike]

Legal
Rule 2-24

ART. 4 . . . A scrimmage kick is any kick from in or behind the neutral zone during a scrimmage down. Either a place kick, punt, or drop kick may be used. For a place kick, the ball must be controlled on the ground or on a legal kicking tee by a teammate.

NFHS. 2021 NFHS Football Rules Book (pp. 45-46). NFHS. . 

Edited October 8, 2021 by snrmike

[foxbat]

1 hour ago, Bobref said:

Last night in the Seahawks - Rams game, a punt was blocked, recovered by the kicker, who then kicked it again — a 68 yd. punt! What if that happens tonight? Is it legal?

You make the call!

 

Perfectly legal.  I'll see your blocked punt and raise you two blocked punts, in the same play, by two different punters, with the same blocker ... and a score for the blocking team.  Saw this one in real life with LCC and RCHS almost a decade ago ... to the detriment of LCC.

 

[snrmike]

That was awesome!  Great effort by R

[foxbat]

1 hour ago, snrmike said:

That was awesome!  Great effort by R

Looking back, it definitely was, but at the time I didn't quite "appreciate" the feat as much sitting in the LCC stands. 😀

[Huge Football Fan]

3 hours ago, 5GetsYou1 said:

Absolutely Legal. The ball did not cross the expanded neutral zone, K still has the option to run, kick or pass. 

I don’t think this verbiage is “absolutely” correct