February 28, 2026
By Heather Dinich, ESPN: Targeting penalties have steadily declined since 2020, dropping from about one in every four games to approximately one in every seven games last season, NCAA coordinator of officials Steve Shaw said Friday.
“It is a good news story,” Shaw said on a videoconference to explain the latest proposed rule changes, which were announced Thursday and highlighted a targeting proposal. “It is a slowly decreasing curve. … If you go back and watch them from 2017, 2018 versus today, the players play the game differently. Hits on quarterbacks, hits on receivers, defenseless players, the game has changed in a positive way, and our injury rates show that.”
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