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NFL: Touchback Line 'Not Likely' to Move amid Kickoff Rule Change; Will 'Evaluate It'

The touchback line is likely to stay at the 30-yard line.

During a conference call with NFL reporters on Monday, NFL chief administrator of football operations Dawn Aponte said that it is "not likely" that the league would consider moving the touchback line up to the 35-yard line prior to the start of the 2024 NFL season.

"It would be not likely," Aponte said, per Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk. "[T]he way we passed this and discussed it with the Competition Committee as well as membership at large was really about continuing to evaluate. It is a one-year rule change, so we anticipate to evaluation this throughout the season.