Running Into the Kicker

Definition

On a kicking play where the defense fails to touch the kicked ball, the defense runs into the kicker/punter. If such an act occurs but is not intentional, this foul is assessed. If intentional, the personal foul of roughing the kicker is assessed instead.

Outcome

5 yards

Penalties By Season

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Season	Games	Total Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined	Offsetting
2020	269	4	19	2	2	4	1
2021	285	5	25	3	2	3	1
2009	267	12	60	10	2	9	1
2010	267	9	55	7	2	1	0
2011	267	9	55	5	4	8	0
2012	267	6	30	2	4	4	0
2013	267	9	45	6	3	5	0
2014	267	7	36	6	1	8	0
2015	267	13	65	5	8	3	3
2016	267	8	39	7	1	6	1
2017	267	9	41	5	4	7	2
2018	267	9	44	5	4	6	1
2019	267	5	25	2	3	8	0
Totals	3491	105	539	65	40	72	10

Penalties By Season - Per Game

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Season	Games	Total Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined	Offsetting
2020	269	0.01	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00
2021	285	0.02	0.09	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00
2009	267	0.04	0.22	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.00
2010	267	0.03	0.21	0.03	0.01	0.00	0.00
2011	267	0.03	0.21	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.00
2012	267	0.02	0.11	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00
2013	267	0.03	0.17	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.00
2014	267	0.03	0.13	0.02	0.00	0.03	0.00
2015	267	0.05	0.24	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.01
2016	267	0.03	0.15	0.03	0.00	0.02	0.00
2017	267	0.03	0.15	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.01
2018	267	0.03	0.16	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.00
2019	267	0.02	0.09	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.00
Totals	3491	0.03	0.15	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.00