a reception, not an interception
It's an incomplete pass.
Dontrell Ducker
In soccer, it means to legally catch the ball with your body. In Field Hockey, trapping is catching the ball by pinning it between the stick and the ground, after which the player can move with the ball. In US football, it means that a forward pass is ruled incomplete because the player did not cleanly catch the pass, but caught it between his body and the ground.
A pass--if caught then it's a completion and if it's dropped then an incompletion.
In American Football, if a player has one foot out of bounds when he catches the football, he is out of bounds. If he has is in bounds when he catches the football then he caught it and it is a completed catch. If the player goes out of bounds and comes back in bounds and catches the football it is still an incomplete pass. However, if he was knocked out of bounds or if the ball was tipped, it may be a completed pass. The rules keep changing at all levels of the game.
An incompletion is a pass that is not caught by the offense or defense. A pass that is caught by the defense is called an interception. A pass that is caught by the offense is called a reception.
...still a football. If it's not caught, its an incomplete pass. If its thrown and hits the ground behind the line of scrimmage, its a grounded ball, which is a penalty.
I cannot speak to those specific rules of football, but in general, lineman are allowed to be downfield on any pass where the ball is caught BEHIND the line of scrimmage.
In American and Canadian Football, a ball can be passed forward from behind the line of scrimmage. If the ball falls on the ground it is called an incomplete pass. That means no one caught it. It can also be called an incomplete. That is a short way of saying "It is an incomplete forward pass."
Randy Hymes caught a 57 yard TD pass from Kyle Boller in the 2nd quarter of the Ravens' 27-24 loss to the Chiefs.
Herb Scott === I'm sure that's the answer to the trivia question that is being asked. But technically, that pass didn't count, because throwing a pass to an offensive lineman is a penalty, so the play was wiped out. I wish I knew who caught Roger's last LEGAL pass.
Any backward pass (which is what a lateral would be) that is not caught is a fumble in both the NCAA and the NFL.