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Sep 9, 2024
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PJMort All-American
A primer on Targeting rule in NCAA Football. There are 2 flavors. (Read this and look smart or avoid looking dumb).
1. Making Forcible Contact with the Crown of the Helmet (Rule 9-1-3).
No player shall target and make forcible contact against an opponent with the crown of their helmet. The crown of the helmet is the top segment of the helmet; namely, the circular area defined by a 6-inch radius from the apex (top) of the helmet. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting.

NOTE (The committee is reviewing to see if the area needs to be made larger for Cam Rising's helmet)

2. Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Rule 9-1-4).

NOTE: These fouls require a "Forcible" contact, meaning something indicating in intent, or NOT and unavoidable contact. Note 1 of this rule helps to understand what an "indicator" is:

Note 1: "Targeting" means that a player takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball. Some indications of targeting (emphasis NCAA's) include but are not limited to:

LAUNCH-a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make forcible contact in the head or neck area
A CROUCH FOLLOWED BY AN UPWARD THRUST to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area, even though one or both feet are still on the ground
LEADING WITH HELMET, SHOULDER, FOREARM, FIST, HAND OR ELBOW to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area
LOWERING THE HEAD before attacking by initiating forcible contact with the crown of the helmet

Bottom line on Batty's hit against SMU. 1. He did not use the crown of his helmet so no targeting under 9-1-3. 2. The QB was NOT a defenseless player AND Batty did not make forcible contact with the head or neck area. So no targeting under 9-1-4.

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