Can an offensive center hike the ball to himself and run with the ball
without the quarterback touching the ball?
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ANSWERS: 2
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NO Center- The offensive line player who “hikes” or “snaps” the ball to the Quarterback. In 11-person football, the center cannot receive passes from the Quarterback. In GRFL play, the person who hikes the ball is an eligible receiver.
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The offensive team must have at least seven players lined up on the line of scrimmage. Of the players on the line of scrimmage, only the two players on the ends of the line of scrimmage are eligible receivers. The four remaining players in the backfield (five in Canadian football), including the quarterback, are also eligible receivers—except in the National Football League, where a quarterback who takes the snap directly from the center is never eligible. However, a quarterback who receives a longer snap from the center, such as in a shotgun formation, is eligible even in the NFL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eligible_receiver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_%28football%29
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