In accordance with “The Football Database” website there were 1,803 touchbacks (TB) during the 2024 NFL season with 39 being classified as TBLZ (Touchbacks in Landing Zone). Armed with this information, we know that 1,764 of those touchbacks were placed on the 30-yard line and the remaining 39 were placed on the 20-yard line.

During the first 26 games of my 2024 NFL replay, I’ve treated all kickoffs that travel 65 yards or more and remained in bounds as a touchback and automatically placed the ball at the receiving teams 30-yard line. Moving forward, an additional dice roll will be required and dice roll results of 11 through 65 will be treated as a TB with the ball placed at the 30-yard line. Dice roll 66 will be treated as a TBLZ and placed at the 20-yard line.