Hand-off

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title: "Hand-off" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-football-terminology"] topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-off" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::callout[type=note] the American football concept ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/2007_Hawaii_Bowl_-Boise_State_University_vs_East_Carolina_University-_Chris_Johnson_handoff.jpg" caption="East Carolina Pirates]] (#5) receiving the handoff and rushing the ball during the [[2007 Hawaii Bowl"] ::

In American football, a handoff is the act of handing the ball directly from one player to another, i. e. without it leaving the first player's hands. Most rushing plays on offense begin with a handoff from the quarterback to another running back. The biggest risk with any hand-off is the chance of fumble on the exchange. A hand-off can occur in any direction. It is sometimes called a "switch" in touch football, and alternately spelled without the hyphen; i.e., "handoff".

References

References

  1. "The Quarterback's Stance, Drop Back, and Hand Off". dummies.com.
  2. (2003). "Football the Basics: Strategies and Techniques".

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