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About Football Glossary - Running into the Kicker

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Definition: Making incidental contact with a placekicker or punter after the ball has been kicked. A less serious version of the roughing the kicker penalty.
Examples:
Running into the kicker carries a five-yard penalty while roughing the kicker results in a 15-yard penalty and an automatic first down.
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