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This is considered a "chop block", not a cut block. In the NCAA, cut blocking is allowed as long as the block is away from the original position of the ball. [3] The Fall Experimental Football League and the NFL banned use of the chop block but the cut block remains a legal block in the NFL. [4]
In gridiron football, a chop block is an attempt by an offensive player to cut block (block at the thigh level or lower) a defensive player while the defender is already engaged by another offensive player. The chop block is usually considered illegal and penalized by a loss of 15-yards due to the injury risk it presents to the defender. [1]
Part of the reason horse-collar tackles and chop blocks were eliminated was because the league found data that supported a ban. What the NFL needs to see is enough injuries to warrant the removal.
The current body block technique has been attributed to one of football history's greatest head coaches: Pop Warner. Prior to his early 1900s coaching at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, blocking was done using one's shoulders. It was Warner who implemented the technique of blocking being done by hands rather than shoulders. [9]
Some types of block include: a run block, where the blocker pushes a defensive player back and away from the ball carrier; a pass block, where a blocker protects the thrower by moving laterally and backwards to slow or halt an incoming pass rusher; a cut block; a zone block, which is any block executed in a zone blocking scheme; a trap block; a ...
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Specific rules will vary depending on the league, conference, and/or level of football. Most penalties result in replaying the down and moving the ball toward the offending team's end zone. The distance is usually either 5, 10, or 15 yards depending on the penalty.
The last time Purdue blocked two field goals in the same game was Sept. 3, 2011 when Ricardo Allen and Kawann Short each had a block against Middle Tennessee State.