Helmet communicators and the two-minute warning are likely coming to college football in 2024.

The NCAA Football Rules Committee on Friday formally proposed several new policies, among them “coach-to-player communications through the helmet to one player on the field,” an additional timeout at the two-minute mark of the second and fourth quarters and the use of tablets in the coaching booth, sideline and locker room. The new rules proposals must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel when it meets April 18 to take effect, though most times that is simply a formality.

Several teams experimented with helmet communicators during the bowl season, after the Michigan sign-stealing scandal brought discussions regarding the ineffectiveness of secure sideline signaling. Under the new rule, one player on each side of the ball would have an in-helmet communicator, signified by a green dot on the back of the helmet (the communication would be turned off with 15 seconds left on the play clock or when the ball is snapped, whichever comes first).

“It’s been great to have for the last couple of weeks in practice coach Mike Locksley said prior to December’s Music City Bowl. “It’s a little different. For us, it gave us an opportunity to kind of see how it worked. So it will be interesting to see what advantages it gives us, especially playing young players. I think it will be great for us on Saturday to be able to coach them through games during the course of a game.

Tablets would also be allowed for all three NCAA divisions, for use to view in-game video only. That video could include the broadcast feed or coach’s cameras, and each team could have 18 active tablets per game.

“The use of technology has been on the committee’s agenda for several years, and the time is right to introduce it in NCAA football,” said A.J. Edds, co-chair of the committee and vice president of football administration at the Big Ten Conference. “FBS conferences have partnered together to ensure the consistent application and work through the details of the technical requirements for implementation.”

The two-minute warning follows a system in place in the NFL for many years. Teams will still have their three regular timeouts per half.

In addition, the Rules Committee also proposed stronger enforcement for uniform rules violations, most notably pants. Players have begun to wear their pants well above the knee in recent years, which is a violation of NCAA uniform rules, but has not been enforced.

A first violation would result in an illegal equipment flag, and the player would have to leave the field for one play to correct the issue. Any subsequent violation would result in the offending player’s team losing a timeout, or receiving a five-yard delay-of-game penalty if his team is out of timeouts.

Other proposals include allowing conferences to use a collaborative replay review system (rather than merely an on-site one) and penalizing a horse-collar tackle within the tackle box (which is currently not a foul).