That's not true, Illegal touching is a live ball foul.

 

Actually, there is NO foul that causes the ball to become dead.

I hear people in the stands question calls just about every Fri. night. Most of the time these people have no idea of the rules. They confuse Sat. and or Sun. rules with High school rules. They act as if each call is an attempt to wrong their son or team. The rule is An ineligible player has illegally touched a foward pass if he bats, muffs or catches a foward pass while he is behind, in or beyond the neutral zone, unless the pass has been touched by the defense. The penalty is 5 yards and loss of down. If it is ruled as accidental such as hitting ineligible in back then there is no foul.