Defensive holding is called when a defender grabs an offensive player, or their jersey, or when they wrap their arms around the offensive player before a pass is thrown. The penalty for defensive holding is five yards and an automatic first down for the offense.
Holding is called when the defender obstructs the offensive player from moving. Defensive pass interference, comparatively, takes place after the ball has been thrown, and when a defender impedes the offensive player’s chance to make a play on the ball. Per the NFL Rulebook, it is a defensive holding penalty if: “Adefensive player tackles or holds any opponent other than a runner.” Defensive holding penalties are not as costly in terms of yardage as pass interference, which places the ball at the spot of the foul, but is still very tough on a defense because of the automatic first down.
One example of defensive holding can be seen below, courtesy of Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall in Week 2 of 2016 against the Indianapolis Colts. With 14:13 remaining in the third quarter, Marshall (#54) is tasked with covering Colts tight end Dwayne Allen (#83) on an out and up route. Marshall is fooled by the first cut and uses his arm to hook Allen around the waist to prevent him from breaking open downfield.
Because this takes place before the ball is thrown it is considered holding rather than pass interference. Marshall slowed Allen down with his arm and cost the Broncos five yards and gave the Colts an automatic first down.
Defensive holding is a common penalty among the defense’s back seven players, and is called when holding, grabbing, tackling or hooking with an arm occurs before the pass is thrown.
In many team sports, defense (American spelling) or defence (Commonwealth spelling) is the action of preventing an opponent from scoring. The term may also refer to the tactics involved in defense, or a sub-team whose primary responsibility is defense.
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holding is called when a defender grabs an offensive player, or their jersey, or when they wrap their arms around the offensive player before a pass is thrown.
Now a defender can legally bump or redirect an eligible receiver within five yards of the line of scrimmage, but they're not allowed to maintain contact past that five yard zone or grab & hold on to the receiver in the NFL. If they do, it's a penalty for illegal contact.
If the act of holding is committed from within the offense's own end zone, the result is a safety. In the NFL, when holding is committed by the defense, the penalty is 5 yards and an automatic first down.
In football, a holding penalty may be called a spot foul in certain situations, but in others, the penalty will be assessed from the line of scrimmage.
So what is defensive holding? Holding is different to pass interference, because it occurs before the ball has been thrown by a quarterback. This penalty happens most often at the line of scrimmage just after the ball has been snapped.
Most fouls (e.g., holding, offside, pass interference) are not reviewable, except that in 2006, illegal forward passes, handoffs and punts from beyond the line of scrimmage, and too many players on the field are reviewable and the foul may be called after replay review.
The defender is allowed to maintain continuous and unbroken contact within the five-yard zone, so long as the receiver has not moved beyond a point that is even with the defender.
While “holding” of the jersey is generally tolerated along the inside of a player's pads along the offensive and defensive lines, anything at or outside of the shoulders is likely to be flagged.
Holding is called only before a pass is thrown — after that, other penalties apply. There's a lot of other kinds of contact in addition to holding. If you just push someone to the ground without grabbing them, that's clearly not holding, but could also be illegal.
Rule 12, Section 1, Article 3 defines offensive holding. That penalty occurs when an offensive player: Use his hands or arms to materially restrict an opponent or alter the defender's path or angle of pursuit. It is a foul regardless of whether the blocker's hands are inside or outside the frame of the defender's body.
Essentially, blocking is pushing, with certain restrictions; in blocking one may not grasp another player or do any sort of pulling, and the hands must not extend beyond the line of each armpit; otherwise a holding penalty will be assessed.
Anytime the ball carrier is behind the line of scrimmage and eligible to throw a pass, if held by the defense, it is a 5 yard penalty (10 yards for men's league) from the previous line of scrimmage, and the down is replayed.
It does not. The only defensive penalty that results in an automatic first down in high school football is roughing – either to the passer, kicker, punter, snapper or holder.
Holding Foul – A “Holding Foul” occurs when a defender holds, grabs, or pulls an offensive player (it doesn't matter if the offensive player has possession of the ball or not).
Note: If a defender contacts a receiver within the five-yard zone and maintains contact with him, he must release the receiver as they exit the five-yard zone. If the defender maintains contact beyond five yards, it is illegal contact.
On the offensive end, a team would decline a defensive holding call if the result of the play gets them further down the field than the penalty would. A pass interference call would be declined if the receiver catches the pass regardless of the penalty and advances the ball farther from where the foul was committed.
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Because this takes place before the ball is thrown it is considered holding rather than pass interference. Marshall slowed Allen down with his arm and cost the Broncos five yards and gave the Colts an automatic first down. 