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Unnecessary roughness, unsportsmanlike conduct or delay of game may lead to a fifteen yard penalty in the NFL.

There are two kinds, one is five yards and there is a fifteen yard one. But the NFL took out the five yard one in 2008.

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In both college and the NFL, the penalty is 15 yards.

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A personal foul is a 15 yard penalty.

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15 yards

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15 yards

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10 yards

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