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

2024 Stats

Penalty Log

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Against	Beneficiary	Date	Player	Pos	Ref Crew	Week	Quarter	Time	Down	Distance	Yardage	Declined	Offsetting	Home	Phase
Kansas City	Buffalo	01/26/25	C.Omenihu	DL	Clete Blakeman	Conference Championships	3	01:56	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Chicago	Detroit	11/28/24	T.Jenkins	OL	Alan Eck	13	4	00:43	2	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
Pittsburgh	Cincinnati	12/01/24	J.Porter	DB	Shawn Hochuli	13	4	02:43	2	3	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Tennessee	Washington	12/01/24	J.Baker	LB	Ron Torbert	13	1	06:37	2	4	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Philadelphia	Baltimore	12/01/24	N.Smith	LB	Craig Wrolstad	13	1	05:52	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Detroit	Green Bay	12/05/24	Z.Smith	DL	John Hussey	14	2	06:59	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
N.Y. Jets	Miami	12/08/24	M.McCrary-Ball	LB	Shawn Hochuli	14	3	01:02	0	0	0	No	Yes	No	Special Teams
Las Vegas	Tampa Bay	12/08/24	A.Butler	DL	Alan Eck	14	1	11:28	1	10	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Jacksonville	Tennessee	12/08/24	M.Brown	DB	Tra Blake	14	3	12:32	4	10	4	No	No	No	Special Teams
Buffalo	LA Rams	12/08/24	R.Douglas	DB	Craig Wrolstad	14	2	02:59	2	8	4	No	No	No	Defense
N.Y. Jets	Jacksonville	12/15/24	W.McDonald	LB	Brad Rogers	15	1	04:54	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Washington	New Orleans	12/15/24	B.St-Juste	DB	Shawn Hochuli	15	4	14:04	3	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Baltimore	N.Y. Giants	12/15/24	O.Oweh	LB	Brad Allen	15	2	02:46	3	5	3	No	No	No	Defense
Tennessee	Cincinnati	12/15/24	J.Simmons	DL	Craig Wrolstad	15	4	12:30	2	4	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Denver	Indianapolis	12/15/24	P.Surtain	DB	Carl Cheffers	15	4	11:48	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
LA Chargers	Tampa Bay	12/15/24	C.Hart	DB	Scott Novak	15	2	03:37	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Minnesota	Chicago	12/16/24	B.Brandel	OL	John Hussey	15	3	06:56	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Pittsburgh	Baltimore	12/21/24	C.Trice	DB	Bill Vinovich	16	2	14:50	2	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Detroit	Chicago	12/22/24	Z.Smith	DL	Clete Blakeman	16	2	12:06	3	8	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Detroit	Chicago	12/22/24	A.Muhammad	DL	Clete Blakeman	16	4	03:18	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Tennessee	Indianapolis	12/22/24	D.Brunskill	OL	John Hussey	16	2	11:01	1	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
LA Rams	N.Y. Jets	12/22/24	D.Williams	T	Ron Torbert	16	2	02:19	3	14	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Las Vegas	Jacksonville	12/22/24	D.Richardson	DB	Shawn Hochuli	16	1	03:20	3	9	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Jacksonville	Las Vegas	12/22/24	M.Brown	DB	Shawn Hochuli	16	3	00:48	2	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Tampa Bay	Dallas	12/22/24	T.Smith	DB	Land Clark	16	4	13:20	2	19	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Green Bay	New Orleans	12/23/24	K.Enagbare	DL	Alex Kemp	16	3	05:44	3	4	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Denver	Cincinnati	12/28/24	J.McMillian	DB	Adrian Hill	17	2	12:23	2	11	4	No	No	No	Defense
New England	LA Chargers	12/28/24	V.Lowe	OL	John Hussey	17	2	09:33	2	14	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
N.Y. Jets	Buffalo	12/29/24	D.Reed	DB	Clete Blakeman	17	1	12:52	2	17	5	No	No	No	Defense
N.Y. Jets	Buffalo	12/29/24	D.Reed	DB	Clete Blakeman	17	3	02:01	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Green Bay	Minnesota	12/29/24	C.Valentine	DB	Carl Cheffers	17	3	03:40	2	4	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Carolina	Tampa Bay	12/29/24	Dj.Johnson	LB	Clay Martin	17	1	06:09	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Carolina	Tampa Bay	12/29/24	A.Robinson	DL	Clay Martin	17	2	12:01	2	5	5	No	No	No	Defense
Kansas City	Denver	01/05/25	J.Williams	DB	Shawn Hochuli	18	1	13:48	2	6	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
N.Y. Jets	Miami	01/05/25	B.Echols	DB	Tra Blake	18	4	05:24	2	4	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Baltimore	Buffalo	01/19/25	D.Ojabo	LB	Carl Cheffers	Divisional Playoffs	4	07:57	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Atlanta	Pittsburgh	09/08/24	Ja.Matthews	OL	Brad Rogers	1	3	06:32	3	2	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Pittsburgh	Atlanta	09/08/24	D.Jackson	DB	Brad Rogers	1	3	06:06	3	12	5	No	No	No	Defense
Washington	Tampa Bay	09/08/24	C.Ferrell	DL	Bill Vinovich	1	1	13:49	3	1	5	No	No	No	Defense
LA Rams	Detroit	09/08/24	B.Young	LB	Adrian Hill	1	1	02:55	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
N.Y. Jets	San Francisco	09/09/24	J.Johnson	LB	Carl Cheffers	1	3	04:48	3	8	5	No	No	No	Defense
Carolina	LA Chargers	09/15/24	J.Clowney	LB	Brad Rogers	2	1	12:12	2	7	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Carolina	LA Chargers	09/15/24	Dj.Johnson	LB	Brad Rogers	2	2	05:54	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Pittsburgh	Denver	09/15/24	J.Porter	DB	Clete Blakeman	2	4	08:32	2	10	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Kansas City	Cincinnati	09/15/24	W.Morris	OL	Alex Kemp	2	4	00:53	4	6	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Chicago	Houston	09/15/24	T.Stevenson	DB	Land Clark	2	2	15:00	2	24	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Houston	Chicago	09/15/24	T.Howard	OL	Land Clark	2	4	01:57	3	7	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Chicago	Indianapolis	09/22/24	A.Billings	DL	Adrian Hill	3	4	08:21	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Indianapolis	Chicago	09/22/24	D.Flowers	DB	Adrian Hill	3	4	05:02	2	4	0	No	Yes	Yes	Defense
Minnesota	Houston	09/22/24	J.Bullard	DL	Shawn Hochuli	3	3	06:47	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
New Orleans	Philadelphia	09/22/24	A.Taylor	DB	Scott Novak	3	4	01:34	2	5	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Green Bay	Tennessee	09/22/24	R.Walker	OL	Clay Martin	3	2	01:51	2	13	10	No	No	No	Offense
Carolina	Las Vegas	09/22/24	I.Ekwonu	OL	Bill Vinovich	3	3	06:49	2	10	10	No	No	No	Offense
Detroit	Arizona	09/22/24	M.Davenport	LB	Brad Rogers	3	1	05:18	2	8	5	No	No	No	Defense
Baltimore	Dallas	09/22/24	A.Vorhees	OL	Ron Torbert	3	3	02:30	3	15	5	No	No	No	Offense
San Francisco	LA Rams	09/22/24	L.Floyd	DL	Clete Blakeman	3	3	15:00	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
San Francisco	LA Rams	09/22/24	D.Lenoir	DB	Clete Blakeman	3	4	00:42	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Atlanta	Kansas City	09/22/24	Ja.Matthews	OL	Tra Blake	3	1	00:18	3	9	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	Kansas City	09/22/24	C.Lindstrom	OL	Tra Blake	3	4	11:22	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Offense
Kansas City	Atlanta	09/22/24	C.Conner	DB	Tra Blake	3	4	02:26	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Cincinnati	Washington	09/23/24	C.Taylor-Britt	DB	Brad Allen	3	3	12:18	2	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Cincinnati	Carolina	09/29/24	D.Hill	DB	Adrian Hill	4	1	00:05	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Minnesota	Green Bay	09/29/24	J.Greenard	LB	Bill Vinovich	4	2	02:52	3	6	5	No	No	No	Defense
Baltimore	Cincinnati	10/06/24	O.Oweh	LB	Bill Vinovich	5	3	00:19	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
N.Y. Giants	Seattle	10/06/24	D.Muasau	LB	Shawn Smith	5	4	02:09	0	0	5	No	No	No	Special Teams
Dallas	Pittsburgh	10/06/24	L.Joseph	DL	Shawn Hochuli	5	1	06:03	2	3	5	No	No	No	Defense
Green Bay	Arizona	10/13/24	E.Jenkins	OL	Alex Kemp	6	1	01:00	2	7	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Green Bay	Arizona	10/13/24	K.Nixon	DB	Alex Kemp	6	2	03:17	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Houston	New England	10/13/24	E.Murray	DB	Ron Torbert	6	2	00:21	1	10	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Houston	New England	10/13/24	M.Edwards	DL	Ron Torbert	6	4	11:24	1	15	5	No	No	No	Defense
Philadelphia	Kansas City	02/09/25	R.Blankenship	DB	Ron Torbert	Super Bowl	4	02:54	0	0	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
LA Rams	Minnesota	01/13/25	Q.Lake	DB	John Hussey	Wildcard Weekend	4	05:01	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
New Orleans	Denver	10/17/24	K.Hergel	OL	Land Clark	7	3	02:55	2	18	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Atlanta	Seattle	10/20/24	N.Landman	LB	Bill Vinovich	7	3	01:08	3	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Cleveland	Cincinnati	10/20/24	J.Bitonio	OL	Ron Torbert	7	2	13:47	1	10	10	No	No	Yes	Offense
Cleveland	Cincinnati	10/20/24	M.Emerson	DB	Ron Torbert	7	2	07:44	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Minnesota	LA Rams	10/24/24	Ji.Ward	LB	Tra Blake	8	2	07:34	3	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Baltimore	Cleveland	10/27/24	T.Simpson	LB	Shawn Smith	8	2	08:52	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Jacksonville	Green Bay	10/27/24	T.Walker	DL	Land Clark	8	2	15:00	3	8	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
New England	N.Y. Jets	10/27/24	M.Jones	DB	Craig Wrolstad	8	1	03:58	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Cincinnati	Philadelphia	10/27/24	C.Taylor-Britt	DB	Scott Novak	8	2	01:24	2	6	3	No	No	Yes	Defense
Kansas City	Las Vegas	10/27/24	W.Morris	OL	Adrian Hill	8	1	01:19	3	5	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Atlanta	Dallas	11/03/24	Z.Harrison	DL	Scott Novak	9	2	05:33	1	10	1	No	No	Yes	Defense
Tennessee	New England	11/03/24	A.Key	LB	Alex Kemp	9	3	13:18	3	15	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Seattle	LA Rams	11/03/24	R.Robertson-Harris	DL	Clay Martin	9	3	10:56	2	2	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Carolina	N.Y. Giants	11/10/24	D.Lewis	DT	Shawn Hochuli	10	4	08:08	1	20	0	Yes	No	Yes	Offense
Jacksonville	Minnesota	11/10/24	T.Campbell	DB	Adrian Hill	10	3	08:38	1	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Denver	Kansas City	11/10/24	P.Surtain	DB	Brad Allen	10	4	13:16	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
San Francisco	Tampa Bay	11/10/24	E.Anderson	DL	Shawn Smith	10	4	01:04	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Tennessee	LA Chargers	11/10/24	J.Brownlee	DB	Craig Wrolstad	10	2	13:54	2	13	5	No	No	No	Defense
N.Y. Jets	Arizona	11/10/24	A.Gardner	DB	John Hussey	10	2	08:30	2	4	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Philadelphia	Dallas	11/10/24	Q.Mitchell	DB	Alex Kemp	10	2	09:21	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
Houston	Detroit	11/10/24	D.Hunter	DL	Bill Vinovich	10	2	07:47	2	10	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Baltimore	Pittsburgh	11/17/24	T.Jones	DL	Clay Martin	11	3	14:24	2	8	5	No	No	No	Defense
Seattle	San Francisco	11/17/24	B.Mafe	LB	Brad Rogers	11	2	00:24	1	10	5	No	No	No	Defense
LA Chargers	Cincinnati	11/17/24	K.Fulton	DB	Brad Allen	11	4	14:50	1	10	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Houston	Dallas	11/18/24	E.Murray	DB	Craig Wrolstad	11	2	15:00	3	10	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Kansas City	Carolina	11/24/24	J.Taylor	OL	Shawn Smith	12	4	08:16	2	20	0	Yes	No	No	Offense
Indianapolis	Detroit	11/24/24	R.Davis	DL	Shawn Hochuli	12	3	11:47	3	4	0	Yes	No	Yes	Defense
Indianapolis	Detroit	11/24/24	Q.Nelson	OL	Shawn Hochuli	12	3	09:53	1	10	8	No	No	Yes	Offense
Miami	New England	11/24/24	K.Kohou	DB	Alan Eck	12	3	12:25	2	6	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Denver	Las Vegas	11/24/24	J.Strnad	LB	Ron Torbert	12	4	04:25	2	10	0	Yes	No	No	Defense
Totals							2.59		1.77	9.03	412	23	7	42