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That was determined decades ago as the minimum distance a kicker should be able to get a kick off without it being easily blocked, and also gave the right angle to get the ball up high enough over lineman with their hands up. They would go to a shorter distance if they could as they want to be as close to the goal posts as possible.
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If the quarterback is 5 yards behind the line of scrimige what is that called?
When they are five yards behind the line of scrimmage they call that the SHOTGUN formation.
A quarterback take the ball from the line of scrimmage back 16 yards then throws it 40 yards forward what is the balls displacement?
The displacement would be 24 yards from the line of scrimmage. The distance traveled would be 56 yards.
Who has the longest run from scrimmage in a super bowl?
Willie Parker (75 yards)
Who gets the rushing yards on an option play?
That would depend on when the ball was lateralled to the running back. If the ball was lateralled behind the line of scrimmage, the running back would be credited with all of the yards. But if the ball was lateralled past the line of scrimmage, the quarterback would be credited with the number of yards he had gained before lateralling and the running back would be credited with the rest. Example: Ball is at the offense's 30 yard line. Offense runs an option play. The quarterback gets to the 32 yard line and laterals to the running back who gets knocked out of bounds at the 45. The play gained 15 yards. Since the quarterback lateralled the ball at the 32, and the original line of scrimmage was the 30, the quarterback would be credited with 2 yards rushing and the running back would be credited with 13 yards rushing.
If a running back fumbles the ball and the other team recovers are the yards gained prior to the fumble counted for the running backs stats?
Yes. The running back will get credit for the number of yards past the line of scrimmage the fumble occurred. If the line of scrimmage was at the defense's 20 yard line and the fumble occurred at the defense's 14 yard line, the running back would be credited with 6 yards rushing. If the line of scrimmage was at the defense's 14 yard line and the fumble occurred at the defense's 20 yard line, the running back would be credited with -6 yards rushing.
