NFL AGENT 2026 CORE PREVIEW QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad - ✔✔In those cases where a Player leaves his Club without
permission after reporting to training camp, he may be placed on the Club's
Reserve/Left Squad List. A Player placed on Reserve/Left Squad shall remain on the
Left Squad List for the remainder of the regular season and postseason and may not be
re-instated to the active list of the Club until the following season. If Player leaves
without permission, a Club cannot place the Player on Reserve/Left Squad unless the
Club issues a letter informing Player that he may be placed on Reserve/Left Squad if he
does not return to Club within five (5) days.
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad return - ✔✔If Player returns within five (5) days, the Club may:
(1) restore Player to the Active List; or (2) waive or trade Player.
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad not returned - ✔✔If Player does not return to Club within five (5)
days after receiving notice, the Club may: (3) place Player on Reserve/Left Squad list;
(4) waive Player; or (5) Continue to count the player on the Active List.
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad Prohibited Activity - ✔✔A Player placed on the Reserve/Left
Squad List is prohibited from: (a) participating in team practice sessions; (b) attending
meetings; (c) playing in games
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad Contract Tolled - ✔✔A Player placed on Reserve/Left Squad
List shall have his contract tolled.
✔✔Reserve/Did Not Report - ✔✔A Player under contract who fails to report to training
camp, or who fails to report to an assignee Club upon assignment of the contract via
trade or the waiver system, may be placed on the Club's Reserve/Did Not Report List.
✔✔Reserve/Did Not Report - ✔✔A Player placed on the Reserve/Did Not Report shall
be prohibited from: (a) participating in team practice sessions; (b) playing in games; (c)
, participating in any offseason conditioning program or minicamp until his written request
for re-instatement to the active list of the Club has been approved by the Commissioner.
✔✔Practice Squad - ✔✔For the 2021 League Year, on the day after the final preseason
cut-downs, each Club may establish a practice squad of up to twelve (12) players. The
practice squad shall consist of the following players: (i) players who do not have an
Accrued Season of NFL experience; (ii) free agent players who were on the Active List
for fewer than nine (9) regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s); (iii) a
maximum of four (4) free agent players per Club who have earned no more than two (2)
Accrued Seasons, with those four (4) players to have no limitation as to the number of
games on the game day Active List in either of those seasons; and (iv) a maximum of
two free agent players per Club with no limitations as to their number of earned Accrued
Seasons; provided, however, that the NFL shall increase the maximum number of
players in category (iv) above from two players to four players for the 2022-30 League
Years.
✔✔Practice Squad Salary - ✔✔The fixed weekly salary amount for the 2021 League
Year Practice Squad Players is: (a) $9,200 for any Practice Squad Player within
categories (i), (ii) or (iii) above; and (b) $14,000 for Practice Squad Players within
category (iv) above The weekly salary amounts increase over the life of the CBA and
beginning in the 2022 League Year become negotiable within a stated range ONLY for
Practice Squad Players who fall within category (iv) above. A Player under contract to a
Club as a Practice Squad Player is completely free to sign a contract with any NFL Club
to play on their Active/Inactive List. A Player is deemed to have served on a practice
squad in a season if he has passed the Club's physical and been a member of the
Club's practice squad for at least six (6) regular season or postseason games during
that season. A bye week counts as a game provided that the player is not terminated
until after the regular season or postseason weekend in question. If a Player on the
practice squad of one Club (Club A) signs an NFL player contract with another Club
(Club B): (1) the Player shall receive three (3) weeks salary of his NFL contract even if
he is terminated by Club B prior to earning that amount, and (2) Club B is required to
count the Player on its 53-man Active/Inactive List of three games, even if he is
terminated.
✔✔Practice Squad 1 - ✔✔(1) Any Practice Squad Player may be elevated for a
maximum combination of two regular or postseason games in the same League Year
without having to terminate his Practice Squad contract
✔✔Practice Squad 2 - ✔✔When a Practice Squad Player is elevated, the terms of the
Standard Elevation Addendum in the CBA will be in effect
✔✔Practice Squad 3 - ✔✔After such termination, the player shall automatically revert
back to his Club's Practice Squad at 4 p.m. New York time on the first business day
following such game without being subject to waivers
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad - ✔✔In those cases where a Player leaves his Club without
permission after reporting to training camp, he may be placed on the Club's
Reserve/Left Squad List. A Player placed on Reserve/Left Squad shall remain on the
Left Squad List for the remainder of the regular season and postseason and may not be
re-instated to the active list of the Club until the following season. If Player leaves
without permission, a Club cannot place the Player on Reserve/Left Squad unless the
Club issues a letter informing Player that he may be placed on Reserve/Left Squad if he
does not return to Club within five (5) days.
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad return - ✔✔If Player returns within five (5) days, the Club may:
(1) restore Player to the Active List; or (2) waive or trade Player.
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad not returned - ✔✔If Player does not return to Club within five (5)
days after receiving notice, the Club may: (3) place Player on Reserve/Left Squad list;
(4) waive Player; or (5) Continue to count the player on the Active List.
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad Prohibited Activity - ✔✔A Player placed on the Reserve/Left
Squad List is prohibited from: (a) participating in team practice sessions; (b) attending
meetings; (c) playing in games
✔✔Reserve/Left Squad Contract Tolled - ✔✔A Player placed on Reserve/Left Squad
List shall have his contract tolled.
✔✔Reserve/Did Not Report - ✔✔A Player under contract who fails to report to training
camp, or who fails to report to an assignee Club upon assignment of the contract via
trade or the waiver system, may be placed on the Club's Reserve/Did Not Report List.
✔✔Reserve/Did Not Report - ✔✔A Player placed on the Reserve/Did Not Report shall
be prohibited from: (a) participating in team practice sessions; (b) playing in games; (c)
, participating in any offseason conditioning program or minicamp until his written request
for re-instatement to the active list of the Club has been approved by the Commissioner.
✔✔Practice Squad - ✔✔For the 2021 League Year, on the day after the final preseason
cut-downs, each Club may establish a practice squad of up to twelve (12) players. The
practice squad shall consist of the following players: (i) players who do not have an
Accrued Season of NFL experience; (ii) free agent players who were on the Active List
for fewer than nine (9) regular season games during their only Accrued Season(s); (iii) a
maximum of four (4) free agent players per Club who have earned no more than two (2)
Accrued Seasons, with those four (4) players to have no limitation as to the number of
games on the game day Active List in either of those seasons; and (iv) a maximum of
two free agent players per Club with no limitations as to their number of earned Accrued
Seasons; provided, however, that the NFL shall increase the maximum number of
players in category (iv) above from two players to four players for the 2022-30 League
Years.
✔✔Practice Squad Salary - ✔✔The fixed weekly salary amount for the 2021 League
Year Practice Squad Players is: (a) $9,200 for any Practice Squad Player within
categories (i), (ii) or (iii) above; and (b) $14,000 for Practice Squad Players within
category (iv) above The weekly salary amounts increase over the life of the CBA and
beginning in the 2022 League Year become negotiable within a stated range ONLY for
Practice Squad Players who fall within category (iv) above. A Player under contract to a
Club as a Practice Squad Player is completely free to sign a contract with any NFL Club
to play on their Active/Inactive List. A Player is deemed to have served on a practice
squad in a season if he has passed the Club's physical and been a member of the
Club's practice squad for at least six (6) regular season or postseason games during
that season. A bye week counts as a game provided that the player is not terminated
until after the regular season or postseason weekend in question. If a Player on the
practice squad of one Club (Club A) signs an NFL player contract with another Club
(Club B): (1) the Player shall receive three (3) weeks salary of his NFL contract even if
he is terminated by Club B prior to earning that amount, and (2) Club B is required to
count the Player on its 53-man Active/Inactive List of three games, even if he is
terminated.
✔✔Practice Squad 1 - ✔✔(1) Any Practice Squad Player may be elevated for a
maximum combination of two regular or postseason games in the same League Year
without having to terminate his Practice Squad contract
✔✔Practice Squad 2 - ✔✔When a Practice Squad Player is elevated, the terms of the
Standard Elevation Addendum in the CBA will be in effect
✔✔Practice Squad 3 - ✔✔After such termination, the player shall automatically revert
back to his Club's Practice Squad at 4 p.m. New York time on the first business day
following such game without being subject to waivers
