yes it is considered a penalty.
You cannot catch a punt while out of bounds in the NFL.
Edit category This is not a basketball question. Punting is football related.
Never . No one can go out of bounds and be the first one to touch the ball.
On a kick off, if the ball goes out of bounds it's an illegal procedure, and it's a penalty. Note: Does not apply to punts.
Kick off out of bounds, 20 yard penalty, ball goes to the 40
a punt may be blocked by the kicking team without penalty unless there is some other illegal act involved. As long as the kicked ball is touched prior to the blocker contacting the punter the contact is ignored. For exanmple If the punt blocker were to block the punt and then make helmet to helmet contact with the punter there would be a penalty for the illegal helmet contact but not the blocking of the punt.
A punt may spiral if kicked in a certain way or a punt may go end-over-end if kicked differently. A place kick will probably never spiral.
a step kick is where you punt the ball out of bounds
4 kilometres
from the line of scrimmage to where it is recovered/goes out of bounds
Yes it can Because the ball will be placed right there!