By Field Level Media

Rule changes coming to college football in 2025 include a crackdown on faking injuries and the addition of timeouts for extra periods.

The National Football Foundation announced several initiatives from the NCAA Football Rules Committee that cover player safety, pace of play, sportsmanship, use of technology and more.

To combat the practice of feigning injuries, a team will be charged with a timeout (or a delay penalty if it has no more timeouts) if a player presents as injured after the ball is spotted by the officials. That player must come out of the game for at least one down and may not return until receiving the approval of the team’s medical staff.

For games that go into overtime, each team will be allowed one timeout for the first extra period and one timeo

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