Cal's Shane Vereen seemed surprised when he was told NCAA rules once did not allow ball carriers to hurdle an opponent. The rule probably was designed to avoid the kind of dangerous injury Jahvid Best ...

Carver-Atlanta running back Nyzian Scott was flagged for a penalty for this hurdle in Friday's Georgia high school football game against Hapville Charter. | GPB Sports When it comes to highlight plays ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Hurdling is something usually limited to the track and not often seen on high school football fields. But it happens and it's a 15-yard penalty. The rule against hurdling is in ...

The situation suddenly became a multiple-choice questions on a standardized test: Should he A) run out of bounds B) lower his shoulder and crash into the defender C) try to run around him or D) none ...

So you're a football player. You've got the ball and you're running full speed in the open field. A defender is barreling toward you. There's no room to go right or left. He launches toward your waist ...

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The NCAA rules committee said Friday it wants to make it illegal for defenders to hurdle linemen to block a kick and to expand what constitutes a horse-collar tackle. It decided against tinkering with ...

Midway through the fourth quarter of a tie game, Chris Lewis took a pitch out wide followed his blocks to the sideline and hurdled a defender before he was knocked out of bounds. Lewis got a first ...