Rule 9 – Section 1 – Article 5 – Clipping
There shall be no clipping (Rule 2-5).
Exceptions:
- When a player attempts to reach a ball carrier or simulated ball carrier or attempts to legally recover or catch a fumble, a backward pass, a kick or a touched forward pass, he may push an opponent below the waist at or to the buttocks (Rule 9-3-6 Exception 3).