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No, you cannot score a safety during the kickoff. If the ball crossed the plane of the endzone it is a touchback.

It is possible to score a safety on a kickoff, but not under these conditions. To be charged with a safety, the receiving player would first have to establish possession of the ball. If he established possession in the field of play and then deliberately stepped back into the end zone and either downs the ball or is tackled there, that would be safety. If he established possession in the end zone, he could be charged with a safety if either he leaves the end zone, comes back in, and then is tackled or downs the ball in the end zone; or if he then loses possession of the ball and it rolls out of the end zone before he can recover it.

If the player never had possession of the ball in the first place, he would not be charged with a safety. The play would result in a touchback.

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Yes, but only if he has the ball. The only time it wouldn't be considered a safety is when a player intercepts a ball or catches a kick or a punt in the field of play, but the official determines that the player's momentum carried him into the end zone. In that case, a touchback would be awarded.

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It isn't whether the QB is in the endzone or not, it matters if the HOLD was in the endzone.

For example, if the QB is on the 50 yard line, takes the snap, runs straight to his own end zone, his offensive tackle holds at the 48 yard line, and the QB makes a pass attempt that goes incomplete without a foul, the penalty is assessed at the 48 yard line.

But if they are on their own 4 yard line, and the tackle holds inside his own endzone, the penalty would result in a safety.

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if the returner catches the ball i the endzone and he doesnt come out then it is a touchback and they get the ball at the 20 yd line. if he comes out of the endzone or runs into the endzone and gets tackled it is a safety

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No. actually it's never a safety, if the line of scrimmage before the play is on the 1 yard line, they don't move, no matter where the penalty was. and if the penalty was on let's say the 5, it would be half the distance to thegoal .

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well it depends in order for it to be a safety you have to get tackled in the end zone and it can be a punt

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Only if the holding occurred in the endzone. If it did not occur in the endzone, it is just half the distance to the goal.

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