Remember how the NFL used to require players to “survive the ground” when making a catch? Whatever that meant? The NFL got rid of that terminology after a couple of controversial plays in 2017, meaning that players who try to make football-like plays on their way to the ground don’t lose their catches if the ball slips out while they’re reaching with it.Ĭollege doesn’t use the same words, but it has the rule the NFL used to have. If he regains control inbounds prior to the ball touching the ground it is a catch. If he loses control of the ball which then touches the ground before he regains control, it is not a catch. This is also required for a player attempting to make a catch at the sideline and going to the ground out of bounds. If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent) he must maintain complete and continuous control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or in the end zone. The receiver has to satisfy these three paragraphs, too: Secures control of a live ball in flight before the ball touches the ground, and touches the ground in bounds with any part of his body, and then maintains control of the ball long enough to enable him to perform an act common to the game, i.e., long enough to pitch or hand the ball, advance it, avoid or ward off an opponent, etc. This is what constitutes a catch, according to the NCAA: It might even be more complicated than the NFL’s rule, now that the pros have made some changes to their own. College football’s catch rule is complicated.
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