offensive holding
Grabbing a defender
Offensive holding is a penalty in American football called when a player on the offensive team illegally grabs or restrains a defender, typically to prevent them from reaching the ball carrier or quarterback.
The penalty costs the offense ten yards from the line of scrimmage: The touchdown was called back for offensive holding.
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- yellow flagRacing slowdown signal
- linemanUtility pole worker
- blockingImpeding forward progress
pass protection · blind side · foul · grab · jersey · yellow · referee · tackle · football · infraction · yards · whistle · arms · illegal · guard · center · replay · protection
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Restraining without the ball
pass interference · illegal contact · roughing the passer · encroachment · offsides
offensive holdingfalse start
Premature beginning violation
illegal motion · illegal formation · intentional grounding · delay of game · chop block
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