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I don't know sports either, but I looked to see how Wikipedia explained the concept and I think Reception (American football) could stand some improvement. It seems that if you are throwing the ball from behind the line of scrimmage and the person catches it twelve yards away from the line of scrimmage and is immediately tackled, that's a twelve-yard gain. The article doesn't reall explain it. The featured list, I guess, doesn't have to.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:31, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That's correct; if the ball is caught (and the receiver tackled) behind the line of scrimmage, even if it was a forward pass, the receiver is credited with a loss of yardage, and his cumulative receiving stats would go down. (In practice, it's rare for a completed pass to result in a loss of yards, but it is possible.) Powers ^T 18:44, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Also of note is that yards after a catch (between reception and tackling/scoring/going out of bounds) also count toward receiving yardage. Powers ^T 18:45, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Great pics this week. Thank you. Tony (talk) 06:12, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]