Here’s what you need to know about the NFL’s new kickoff rules. Under last season’s dynamic kickoff rules, touchbacks were moved from the 25-yard line to the 30-yard line. This offseason, touchbacks were moved up again for the 2025 season and beyond. Touchbacks will now be placed at the 35-yard line.

With the first full week of the NFL preseason kicking off on Thursday night, now seems like a good time to brush up on a few of the big NFL rule changes that were made this year. The NFL's 32 owners approved several new rule changes for 2025 and we're going to check out five of the biggest ones below.

That means getting back into NFL mode, and while that means a lot of different things for different people, for fans of Sunday Night Football on NBC and Peacock, it also means getting used to a few rule tweaks.