I paused the video right at the hit and zoomed in (hopefully the attached pic works). The hit was made with the shoulder in the chest area and totally in front of the body. The NFHS definition of targeting on the actual hit is "“Taking aim with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulders to initiate contact
above the shoulders, which goes beyond making a legal tackle, a legal block or playing the ball, will be prohibited,” Under that scenario, the hit is in no way targeting because it's below the shoulders. However, the "defenseless" player definition is much more subjective in “A defenseless player is a player who, because of his physical position and focus of concentration, is especially vulnerable to injury.”. This might be where there's no way to argue with the ref's call. I'm not sure if a clean hit on a subjectively "defenseless" player could actually be targeting.
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