NFL AGENT EXAM 2025|26 | 85 ACTUAL QUESTIONS & DETAILED ANSWERS | GRADED A+.

1. NFL Player Contract: A written agreement or series of such agreements execut-
ed at or about the same time between a person and an NFL Club pursuant to which
such person is employed by such Club as a professional football player.
2. Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA): The union contract between the NFL
Players Association and the NFL Management Council covering the terms and
conditions of employment of all NFL players.
3. Draft or College Draft: The NFL's annual draft of Rookie football players de-
scribed in CBA Article 6 (College Draft).
4. Drafted Rookie: A person who is selected in the current League Year's Draft or
whose Draft rights are held, or continue to be held, consistent with this Agreement,
by an NFL Club that selected the Rookie in a prior Draft.
5. Required Tender: A Player Contract tender that a Club is required to make to a
player pursuant to the CBA, either as a matter of right with respect to the player, or
to receive Rights of First Refusal, Draft Choice Compensation and/or other rights
with respect to the player, as specified in the CBA.
6. Right of First Refusal: The right of an NFL Club, as described in CBA Articles
9 (Veteran Free Agency) and 10 (Franchise and Transition Players) to retain the
services of certain Veteran players by matching offers made to those players.
7. Draft Choice Compensation: The right of any Club, as described in CBA Articles
9 (Veteran Free Agency) and Article 10 (Franchise and Transition Players) to receive
draft pick(s) from any other Club.
8. Exclusive Rights Player: A player whose contract expires at a time when he has
less than three Accrued Seasons in the NFL cannot market his services to other
clubs if his old club gives him a minimum salary tender, as described in CBA Article
8, on or before the last day of that League Year. If the tender is provided, this player
can only re-sign with his old club (unless the tender is later withdrawn).
9. restricted free agent: A player whose contract expires when he has earned three
(3) Accrued Seasons. If his old club provides him with a sufficient "Qualifying Offer",
as described in CBA Article 9, on or before the last day of that League Year, it retains
the right to either match an offer the player may get from another club or to receive
draft choice compensation from the club making the offer. The Qualifying Offer is
based on the level of draft choices the old club wants to receive. For example, the
Qualifying Offer to a player with three (3) Accrued Seasons in 2021 for the Club


,to receive a second-round draft choice and the Right of First Refusal in 2021 is
$3,384,000. For the 2021 League Year, the Restricted Free Agent has until April 23,
2021 to generate an offer from another club. If he fails to get an offer, his exclusive
rights revert to the old club unless the Qualifying Offer is withdrawn.
10. Unrestricted Free Agent: As described in CBA Article 9, a player whose con-
tract expires when he has earned at least four (4) Accrued Seasons is free to sign






, with any other club if he does so by July 22 of the same year. If he does not sign
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Nelsewhere, his exclusive rights revert to his old club after July 22 only if his old
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Nclub has given him a written tender by the Monday following the last day of that
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Nyear's NFL Draft offering to re-sign him for an additional year at a ten percent
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Nincrease in. If his prior club does not tender such player, then the player remains an
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NUnrestricted Free Agent for the remainder of that League Year. An Unrestricted Free
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NAgent will be restricted in signing elsewhere, however, if he is designated a
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NFranchise or Transition Player. N N N


11. Franchise Player: Each club may designate one player who would otherwise beN N N N N N N N N N N


Nan Unrestricted Free Agent as a Franchise Player. The designation must be
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Nmade within a two-week period beginning on the twenty-second day preceding the
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Nfirst day of the new League Year and will end at 4:00 p.m. New York time on the
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Neighth day preceding the first day of the new League Year. The club must tender
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Nthe Franchise Player an offer equal to the formula stated in Article 10 of the CBA
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Nor 120% ofN N


the player's Prior Year Salary, whichever is greater. If the player's Club extends the
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Nnonexclusive tender offer, the Franchise Player can seek offers from other clubs,
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Nbut the old team can match the offer or receive two first round draft choices from the
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Noffering team. If the player's club extends the exclusive tender offer, the club retains
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Nexclusive rights to the player and he cannot negotiate with other teams. Once signed
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Nby the player, the tender is fully guaranteed.
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12. Transition Player: A club can elect to use a Transition Player designation for one
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NUnrestricted Free Agent instead of using a Franchise Player designation. If it
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Ndoes so, it must tender the player an offer equal to the formula stated in Article
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N10 of the CBA or 120% of his Prior Year Salary, whichever is greater. A Transition
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NPlayer can obtain an offer from any other team, but his old team can only match
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Nor not match the offer and it cannot collect any draft choice compensation. Once
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Nsigned by the Player, the tender is fully guaranteed.
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13. Credited Seasons: Any season in which a player is on one of the following
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Nlists for at least three (3) regular season or postseason games: Active List,
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NInactive List, Injured Reserve List or Physically Unable to Perform List. Bye
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Nweeks do not count toward a player earning a Credited Season. A player will also
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Nearn a Credited Season if he is released injured and paid the equivalent of at
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Nleast three (3) game checks. Earning Credited Seasons entitles you to various
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Nbenefits under the CBA. For instance, a player who has earned three (3) or more
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NCredited Seasons in the NFL qualifies to receive the pension benefit. Keep in mind
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Nhowever, that the definition for Credited Seasons for Minimum Salary purposes is
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Nslightly different. Please refer to CBA Article 26, Section 2 for more information.
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14. Accrued Seasons:: A season during which a player has been on full pay status
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N(Active, Inactive, Injured Reserve List or Physically Unable to Perform due to a
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