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It is not a dead ball until someone downs (touches) it.

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Team A cannot have possesion of the ball. Ball is dead after it reaches ground

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Q: Team A punts to team B the ball hits ground after punt can team A catch ball then toss ball to ground is it live or dead ball?
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Yes. Any kick, punt or kickoff, can be fair caught. One major difference between fair catching a punt and fair catching a kickoff is that the kickoff is a free kick. Where a punt returner deep in his own territory may call for a fair catch and let the ball bounce on the ground in the hope that the ball will bounce into the end zone for a touchback, the kick returner must catch the ball due to the fact that a kickoff is a free kick and the team that recovers a free kick is awarded possession of the ball.


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Is it a catch when the receiver catches the ball gets 2 feet in has possession then hits ground out of bounds and drops ball?

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