The Two Point Conversion When Eight Down

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Is the 42% backed with data? I can see it at mid-field, but it seems high for the 2 yard line.

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I'm pretty sure it is, though the sample size (of actual 2-point conversions) is probably not more than a couple hundred attempts or so. I don't know what it is if all 4th-and-goal attempts from the 2 are counted.

I always thought the NFL 2-pt conversion should be from the 3-yard line, the way it is in high school and college.

Edit: Found these stats from a newsgroup posting:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport...4af501cc6ff7ac4


1996: 44/92
1997: 47/109
1998: 41/105
1999: 31/84
2000: 31/85

Total from 1996-2000: 194/475, 40.8%