NCAA Rules Survey

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A hurdle is defined as jumping over an opponent with your foot or knee first and the opponent is not touching the ground with anything other than their feet. So if the opponent is on the ground or has his hand on the ground it's not a hurdle. If you dive over a pile head first it's not a hurdle.

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If Bonnet wasn't allowed to hurdle there would have been at least three players who could have wound up dead. Do you want that blood on your hands committee? Do you?!

Or you will see more of this happen.

I think players know instinctively when hurdles aren't safe and avoid them. You probably see more injuries when a player goes up high for a pass and someone tackles them in mid air or when they land. That's how Adam Thielan got hurt. It's football. I mean what are they going to kill hurdling over the goal line on 4th and inches? Walter Paytons legacy would be gone in modern days. Dude used to literally jump over the entire pile.