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College football rule changes approved by NCAA for 2018 season

Fair catches on kickoffs resulting in touchbacks are coming to college football as one of the new rules adopted by the NCAA for the 2018 season.

The receiving team on a kickoff will be allowed to signal for a fair catch inside its own 25-yard line, resulting in a touchback, in a rule change announced Friday afternoon by the NCAA. All other kickoff rules remain the same.

The rule change was the result of a proposal by the Football Rules Committee and approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel as part of an attempt to increase the number of touchbacks and reduce injuries.