<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In American and Canadian football, a two - point conversion or two - point convert is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one - point conversion immediately after it scores a touchdown . In a two - point conversion attempt, the team that just scored must run a play from scrimmage close to the opponent's goal line (5 - yard line in amateur Canadian, 3 - yard line in professional Canadian, 3 - yard line in amateur American, 2 - yard line in professional American) and advance the ball across the goal line in the same manner as if they were scoring a touchdown . If the team succeeds, it earns two additional points on top of the six points for the touchdown, for a total of eight points . If the team fails, no additional points are scored . In either case, if any time remains in the half, the team proceeds to a kickoff . </P> <P> Various sources estimate the success rate of a two - point conversion to be between 40% and 55%, significantly lower than that of the extra point, though if the higher value is to be believed, a higher expected value is achieved through the two - point conversion than the extra point . </P>

Where is the ball placed for a two point conversion