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The NFL completed the final round of roster cuts on Saturday, with all teams dropping to the regular season mandate of only carrying 53 players on their roster. There is also this other roster, the “practice squad” that teams can fill starting Sunday afternoon. What is the practice squad? We have all the information you need to know about it.
What is the practice squad?
Each team is allowed one group of players who do now count against the 53-man roster. The practice squad is used, typically, to develop a younger player, while also giving the team a group of players who are used to replicate the offense or defense of the up coming opponent.
How big is the practice squad?
Two years ago, the NFL and the NFL Players Association agreed to a temporary expansion of the practice squad to ten players. That expansion was set to expire this year, but was renewed in the offseason. That will allow each team to carry 10 additional players throughout the season.
Eligibiilty
The standard eligibility for a player to be added to the practice squad is he is a free agent and has not accrued two years of NFL service. A player can only be on a practice squad for three seasons total in his career (six weeks on a practice squad in a seasons counts as a season for these purposes).
The league does allow for exceptions to the less than two-year rule, which was expanded with the 10-player expansion agreement this year. Teams may keep up to four players on their practice squad who have accrued two seasons of NFL experience, which allows a fringe player the chance to stay with the team, even if he already has been in the league, while also allowing the teams to keep more veteran players.
Accrued seasons are earned by being on the active (53-man) roster for a team for six games in a single regular season.
Salary
Practice squad players receive a weekly salary, though there are no guarantees so they can be cut at any time. The practice squad minimum salary is $6,900 a week, or $117,300 for the year. Teams can choose to pay a practice squad player more, which teams will do when they like a player and are trying to keep him with the squad. Otherwise, he could be poached by another team.
More at LINK: http://www.thephinsider.com/2016/9/...e-squad-rules-size-eligibility-salary-answers
The Dolphins have announced that they signed nine players to the practice squad, all of them players who were released by the club on Saturday:
James Burgess, linebacker
Jamil Douglas, guard
Thomas Duarte, tight end
A.J. Hendy, safety
Ulrick John, tackle
Cleyon Laing, defensive end
Lafayette Pitts, cornerback
Rashawn Scott, wide receiver
Jordan Williams, defensive end
The team has one practice quad position remaining to be filled.
The NFL completed the final round of roster cuts on Saturday, with all teams dropping to the regular season mandate of only carrying 53 players on their roster. There is also this other roster, the “practice squad” that teams can fill starting Sunday afternoon. What is the practice squad? We have all the information you need to know about it.
What is the practice squad?
Each team is allowed one group of players who do now count against the 53-man roster. The practice squad is used, typically, to develop a younger player, while also giving the team a group of players who are used to replicate the offense or defense of the up coming opponent.
How big is the practice squad?
Two years ago, the NFL and the NFL Players Association agreed to a temporary expansion of the practice squad to ten players. That expansion was set to expire this year, but was renewed in the offseason. That will allow each team to carry 10 additional players throughout the season.
Eligibiilty
The standard eligibility for a player to be added to the practice squad is he is a free agent and has not accrued two years of NFL service. A player can only be on a practice squad for three seasons total in his career (six weeks on a practice squad in a seasons counts as a season for these purposes).
The league does allow for exceptions to the less than two-year rule, which was expanded with the 10-player expansion agreement this year. Teams may keep up to four players on their practice squad who have accrued two seasons of NFL experience, which allows a fringe player the chance to stay with the team, even if he already has been in the league, while also allowing the teams to keep more veteran players.
Accrued seasons are earned by being on the active (53-man) roster for a team for six games in a single regular season.
Salary
Practice squad players receive a weekly salary, though there are no guarantees so they can be cut at any time. The practice squad minimum salary is $6,900 a week, or $117,300 for the year. Teams can choose to pay a practice squad player more, which teams will do when they like a player and are trying to keep him with the squad. Otherwise, he could be poached by another team.
More at LINK: http://www.thephinsider.com/2016/9/...e-squad-rules-size-eligibility-salary-answers
The Dolphins have announced that they signed nine players to the practice squad, all of them players who were released by the club on Saturday:
James Burgess, linebacker
Jamil Douglas, guard
Thomas Duarte, tight end
A.J. Hendy, safety
Ulrick John, tackle
Cleyon Laing, defensive end
Lafayette Pitts, cornerback
Rashawn Scott, wide receiver
Jordan Williams, defensive end
The team has one practice quad position remaining to be filled.