LHSOA Football Officials Training Ineligible Downfield Players

LHSOA member Kevin Boitmann discusses ineligible downfield players (from 2021 LHSAA FB Rules Clinic).

[oliverl]

Thanks for the explanation. As an European i don't get this rule. If for exmaple Quenton Nelson of the Colts absolutely bulldozes somebody back 4 yards it's a foul since he is an "illegible receiver downfield"? He ain't receivin though hes just bulldozing

[ronnieelkin]

On the first play, both receivers on the near side appear to be on the line of scrimmage. Ineligible