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[QUOTE="Finwad32, post: 1162996, member: 651"]
I'm not going by Professional rules, I'm going by the NCAA rule book and the NYSPHSAA rule book.
 
You can't push them out anywhere you want unless you want to risk PI. If you do, and they come back in immediately they are technically eligible but that's up to the the Head Linesman, Line Judge, Field Judge, Side Judge or Back Judge. And if the hat comes off any one of their heads, which they always in my experience do immediately, they've already made the decision. And at that point, unless the defender or the official touches the ball first, it'll be Illegal Touching.
 
There is a 5-yard rule at all levels where contact is allowed, unless the Referee's and Umpires I've talked to interpret it differently. There is no yardage written in the NCAA or NYSPHSAA rule books but it is most certainly allowed up until that point so the Defender  can execute a Jam.
 
Lineman, or ineligible receivers, are allowed to execute down field blocks on pass plays in the NCAA as long as contact is initiated within one yard of the line of scrimmage and does not continue beyond three yards by the time the ball is caught.
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