Illegal Use of Hands

Definition

Illegal use of the hands against a player while attempting to ward off a block, cover a receiver, or tackle a ball carrier. There are several restrictions on how a player may initiate contact, such as hands to the facemask of the other player involved in the blocking.

Outcome

10 yards if committed by offense; 5 yards and automatic first down if committed by defense

2023 Stats

Penalty Log

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Against	Beneficiary	Date	Player	Pos	Ref Crew	Week	Quarter	Time	Down	Distance	Yardage	Declined	Offsetting	Home	Phase
Miami	Kansas City	01/13/24	R.Jones	OL	Brad Rogers	Wildcard Weekend	2	00:06	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	Houston	09/10/23	R.Stanley	OL	Tra Blake	1	2	14:10	2	8	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Washington	Arizona	09/10/23	K.Fuller	G	Alan Eck	1	1	02:16	2	11	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Seattle	LA Rams	09/10/23	T.Brown	DB	Shawn Smith	1	4	11:16	3	11	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Atlanta	Green Bay	09/17/23	J.Matthews	OL	Tra Blake	2	2	13:28	1	10	8	No	No	Yes	Offense
Green Bay	Atlanta	09/17/23	R.Douglas	DB	Tra Blake	2	3	00:11	2	4	5	No	No	No	Defense
Buffalo	Las Vegas	09/17/23	C.Benford	DB	Craig Wrolstad	2	2	00:18	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Las Vegas	Buffalo	09/17/23	N.Hobbs	DB	Craig Wrolstad	2	4	09:27	1	15	5	No	No	No	Defense
Cincinnati	Baltimore	09/17/23	Z.Carter	DL	Shawn Hochuli	2	2	15:00	3	3	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Jacksonville	Kansas City	09/17/23	Ty.Campbell	DB	Adrian Hill	2	2	00:30	1	9	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
San Francisco	LA Rams	09/17/23	I.Oliver	DB	Brad Allen	2	2	04:49	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Washington	Denver	09/17/23	E.Forbes	DB	Brad Rogers	2	4	13:25	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Carolina	New Orleans	09/18/23	Der.Brown	DL	Scott Novak	2	2	11:51	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Tennessee	Cleveland	09/24/23	J.Simmons	DL	Craig Wrolstad	3	3	10:37	2	1	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Jacksonville	Houston	09/24/23	B.Scherff	OL	Scott Novak	3	2	05:10	4	1	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
LA Chargers	Minnesota	09/24/23	M.Davis	DB	Shawn Smith	3	4	01:02	3	11	5	No	No	No	Defense
Tampa Bay	Philadelphia	09/25/23	J.Dean	DB	Adrian Hill	3	2	00:53	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Cincinnati	LA Rams	09/25/23	C.Taylor-Britt	DB	John Hussey	3	4	07:05	3	10	0	No	Yes	Yes	Defense
Detroit	Green Bay	09/28/23	A.Hutchinson	DL	Alan Eck	4	3	12:23	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Cleveland	Baltimore	10/01/23	M.Emerson	DB	Brad Allen	4	2	11:37	2	5	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
New Orleans	Tampa Bay	10/01/23	B.Bresee	DL	Shawn Hochuli	4	4	02:00	2	11	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Las Vegas	LA Chargers	10/01/23	T.Wilson	DL	John Hussey	4	2	05:15	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Dallas	New England	10/01/23	T.Steele	OL	Scott Novak	4	3	03:49	3	3	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	Jacksonville	10/08/23	E.Oliver	DL	Shawn Smith	5	1	07:50	3	6	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
New Orleans	New England	10/08/23	B.Bresee	DL	Alex Kemp	5	2	08:43	2	13	5	No	No	No	Defense
Cincinnati	Arizona	10/08/23	A.Cappa	OL	Clay Martin	5	4	06:58	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
LA Rams	Philadelphia	10/08/23	J.Williams	DL	Bill Vinovich	5	4	06:21	1	15	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Kansas City	Minnesota	10/08/23	L.Sneed	DB	Land Clark	5	2	10:07	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
San Francisco	Cleveland	10/15/23	S.Burford	OL	John Hussey	6	1	02:56	3	3	10	No	No	No	Offense
Tampa Bay	Detroit	10/15/23	C.Izien	DB	Clay Martin	6	3	00:26	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Las Vegas	New England	10/15/23	T.Wilson	DL	Brad Rogers	6	2	10:20	2	6	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
N.Y. Giants	Buffalo	10/15/23	C.Flott	DB	Tra Blake	6	2	05:03	1	25	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Dallas	LA Chargers	10/16/23	S.Williams	DL	Land Clark	6	2	12:59	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Atlanta	Tampa Bay	10/22/23	A.Terrell	DB	Ron Torbert	7	3	12:22	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
LA Chargers	Kansas City	10/22/23	Z.Johnson	OL	Tra Blake	7	2	13:26	2	8	10	No	No	No	Offense
Green Bay	Minnesota	10/29/23	R.Douglas	DB	Shawn Hochuli	8	2	14:53	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Washington	Philadelphia	10/29/23	B.St-Juste	DB	Carl Cheffers	8	3	10:21	4	3	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Seattle	Cleveland	10/29/23	D.Lewis	OL	Bill Vinovich	8	2	04:37	2	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Seattle	Cleveland	10/29/23	D.Witherspoon	DB	Bill Vinovich	8	3	00:48	2	18	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Seattle	Cleveland	10/29/23	T.Woolen	DB	Bill Vinovich	8	4	03:34	3	3	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Chicago	LA Chargers	10/29/23	L.Patrick	OL	Brad Rogers	8	1	06:32	2	6	10	No	No	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	Tennessee	11/02/23	J.Porter	DB	John Hussey	9	1	04:22	3	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Tennessee	Pittsburgh	11/02/23	N.Petit-Frere	OL	John Hussey	9	1	03:09	3	5	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Seattle	Baltimore	11/05/23	T.Brown	DB	Shawn Hochuli	9	2	02:54	1	6	3	No	No	No	Defense
N.Y. Jets	LA Chargers	11/06/23	J.Johnson	LB	Craig Wrolstad	9	2	05:57	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
N.Y. Jets	LA Chargers	11/06/23	B.Turner	OL	Craig Wrolstad	9	4	03:42	2	1	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Tampa Bay	Detroit	01/21/24	C.Davis	DB	Bill Vinovich	Divisional Playoffs	4	03:09	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Minnesota	New Orleans	11/12/23	D.Hunter	LB	Adrian Hill	10	4	14:48	3	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Minnesota	New Orleans	11/12/23	B.Murphy	DB	Adrian Hill	10	4	02:01	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Cincinnati	Baltimore	11/16/23	C.Taylor-Britt	DB	Adrian Hill	11	2	02:29	3	6	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Baltimore	Cincinnati	11/16/23	O.Oweh	LB	Adrian Hill	11	2	02:00	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Cleveland	Pittsburgh	11/19/23	J.Hudson	OL	Shawn Hochuli	11	4	07:40	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Seattle	LA Rams	11/19/23	T.Woolen	DB	Carl Cheffers	11	4	05:46	3	15	5	No	No	No	Defense
Kansas City	Philadelphia	11/20/23	L.Sneed	DB	Shawn Smith	11	1	02:53	2	7	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Seattle	San Francisco	11/23/23	E.Brown	OL	Tra Blake	12	3	07:09	2	3	0	No	Yes	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Giants	New England	11/26/23	B.Bredeson	OL	Scott Novak	12	2	00:48	3	3	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Giants	New England	11/26/23	J.Pugh	OL	Scott Novak	12	4	15:00	2	17	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Buffalo	Philadelphia	11/26/23	E.Oliver	DL	Shawn Hochuli	12	1	01:26	1	10	2	No	No	No	Defense
Carolina	Tampa Bay	12/03/23	Y.Gross-Matos	LB	Brad Rogers	13	4	14:16	3	6	5	No	No	No	Defense
LA Rams	Cleveland	12/03/23	D.Kendrick	DB	John Hussey	13	2	03:25	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Tampa Bay	Atlanta	12/10/23	C.Davis	DB	Alex Kemp	14	3	14:00	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Dallas	Philadelphia	12/10/23	M.Parsons	LB	John Hussey	14	1	08:48	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Miami	N.Y. Jets	12/17/23	L.Eichenberg	OL	Brad Rogers	15	4	07:29	2	14	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Tennessee	Houston	12/17/23	D.Autry	DL	Clete Blakeman	15	3	12:17	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
LA Rams	Washington	12/17/23	K.Thomas	LB	Alan Eck	15	4	09:05	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Seattle	Philadelphia	12/18/23	D.Jones	DL	Clay Martin	15	2	01:42	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Seattle	Philadelphia	12/18/23	J.Brooks	LB	Clay Martin	15	3	09:39	3	1	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
New England	Kansas City	12/17/23	A.Austin	DB	Shawn Hochuli	15	1	12:46	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Kansas City	New England	12/17/23	W.Morris	OL	Shawn Hochuli	15	4	09:20	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Baltimore	San Francisco	12/25/23	J.Simpson	OL	Bill Vinovich	16	2	03:23	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	Las Vegas	12/31/23	C.Lammons	DB	Shawn Smith	17	2	10:50	2	5	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
N.Y. Giants	LA Rams	12/31/23	J.Schmitz	OL	Tra Blake	17	2	01:44	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Washington	San Francisco	12/31/23	T.Scott	OL	Ron Torbert	17	3	04:26	2	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cincinnati	Kansas City	12/31/23	D.Hill	DB	John Hussey	17	3	07:00	3	4	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Minnesota	Green Bay	12/31/23	J.Bullard	DL	Clay Martin	17	2	05:05	1	10	3	No	No	Yes	Defense
Minnesota	Detroit	01/07/24	J.Ward	DB	Brad Rogers	18	2	02:00	3	4	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Detroit	Minnesota	01/07/24	C.Sutton	DB	Brad Rogers	18	4	07:40	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Houston	Indianapolis	01/06/24	D.King	DB	Bill Vinovich	18	1	14:24	2	6	5	No	No	No	Defense
Houston	Indianapolis	01/06/24	M.Collins	DL	Bill Vinovich	18	4	03:46	3	6	5	No	No	No	Defense
Kansas City	Buffalo	01/21/24	J.Taylor	OL	Shawn Hochuli	Divisional Playoffs	2	00:20	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Kansas City	Buffalo	01/21/24	T.McDuffie	DB	Shawn Hochuli	Divisional Playoffs	3	07:54	2	9	5	No	No	No	Defense
Totals							2.6		1.85	8.72	361	19	2	47