Sentence examples for eligible to catch a from inspiring English sources
Even the center becomes eligible to catch a pass if he is at the end of the line of scrimmage.
In his free time, he played in "rough touch" football leagues -- seven-on-seven games where everyone was eligible to catch a pass and most of the touches were more like pokes or punches.
In 2007, Piedmont High School in California's Bay Area began running the A-11, a cockmamie offensive set in which all 11 players are potentially eligible to catch the ball on every down.
When the quarterback throws a pass during a Neshaminy high school football game, the only people eligible to catch that pass are the other football players.
Coach Bill Belichick used linemen who were eligible to catch passes, as he did the previous week against the Baltimore Ravens, and Brady threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to left tackle Nate Solder to put New England ahead, 24-7, in the third quarter.
"At least the center was always eligible" to catch passes, he added.
According to national high-school rules, the scrimmage kick is the only formation in which every offensive player is eligible to catch the ball.
If the ball is muffed after simultaneous touching by two such players, all the players of the passing team become eligible to catch the loose ball.
The extra money has allowed the programs to catch a greater percentage of eligible children.
