Do You Have to Kneel for a Touchback?
No Need to Kneel If a Ball Gets to the End Zone and Touches the Ground, It's an Automatic Touchback. There's No Need for a Player to Pick It up and Kneel, or...
Do you have to take a knee for a touchback?
To officially end the play and take a touchback, he would either need to take a knee or run out of the back of the end zone.
What are the rules of a touchback?
From the NFL Rulebook, “A touchback in football is when the ball becomes dead on or behind the goal line a team is defending, provided that the impetus comes from an opponent and that it is not a touchdown or an incomplete pass.” The ball is automatically reset at the 25-yard line for the offense.
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