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NFL Agency Exam Practice Exam Questions
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ACCRUED SEASON - Answer✔A player receives an Accrued Season when they are on Full-Pay
status for 6 or more regular season games.
***This excludes games on the Practice Squad, Physically Unable to Perform-Non-Football
Injury List (PUP-NFI), and/or Exempt Commissioner Permission List.
CREDITED SEASON - Answer✔Used for Player Benefits. A player receives a CS any season in
which he appears on the A/I, IR or PUP list for his Club. He also receives a CS if he is released
injured and paid the equivalent of at least 3 game checks.
RD 1 PICK - Answer✔4-YEAR W/5TH YEAR OPTION
RD 2-7 PICK - Answer✔4-YEAR CONTRACT
UDFA - Answer✔3-YEAR CONTRACT
5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks (Qualifiers for 1st 3 Years)
No Pro Bowls & <75% participation; or Cumulative avg of 75% participation: or participate in a
cumulative 50% of plays in each of the 3 years - Answer✔Option Compensation
Transition Tender (3rd-25th highest salaries at same position)
5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks (Qualifiers for 1st 3 Years)
No Pro Bowls, min. 75% participation; or Cumulative avg of 75% participation: or participate in
a cumulative 75% of plays in each of the 3 years - Answer✔Option Compensation
Transition Tender (3rd-20th highest salaries at same position)
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5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks (Qualifiers for 1st 3 Years)
One (1) Pro Bowl (on original ballot) - Answer✔Option Compensation
Transition Tender
5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks (Qualifiers for 1st 3 Years)
Two (2) or more Pro Bowls (on original ballot) - Answer✔Option Compensation
Franchise Tender
Rookie Contract Deadline - Answer✔Tuesday after Week 10 of the regular season. Of course, as
a matter of practicality, the majority of players sign prior to the start of camp.
5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks - Answer✔Rookies drafted in the 1st-round sign
mandatory 4-year contracts just like other draft picks, but their contracts contain a 5th year
Option clause the other rounds do not have.
- These Option years are exercised by the Club, not the player.
- Clubs must exercise the Option at the end of a player's 3rd season.
- The Year 5 Compensation changed in 2018, and is now based on certain qualifying criteria
during the first 3 years of the contract.
- These 5th year salaries become guaranteed skill, injury and Salary Cap-related termination,
effective when the Club exercises the option
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENT - Answer✔0, 1, 2 ACCRUED SEASONS
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT - Answer✔3 ACCRUED SEASONS
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT - Answer✔4 ACCRUED SEASONS
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENT Minimum Tenders - Answer✔Minimum Tenders Minimum
tenders for ERFA players are due by the 1st day of the League Year (Mid March). The tender
offer gives exclusive rights to the offering Club, and must be at least the minimum applicable
salary. The deadline to sign the tender offer is the Tuesday after week 10 of the regular season.
There are no "splits" on tender offers for ERFA players.
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RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) - Answer✔Qualifying offers are due by the 1st day
of the League Year. A player has 35 days to shop around after receiving a qualifying offer. The
offering Club has Right of First Refusal (ROFR) on an offer made to the player by another Club.
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) ROFR - Answer✔2020 SALARY EXAMPLE - $2.025
million
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) ROFR & original draft round - Answer✔2020
SALARY EXAMPLE - $2.025 million or 110% of previous year's salary
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) ROFR & 2nd round - Answer✔2020 SALARY
EXAMPLE - $3.095 million or 110% of previous year's salary
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) ROFR & 1st round - Answer✔2020 SALARY
EXAMPLE - $4.407 million or 110% of previous year's salary
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT TENDER - Answer✔The tender deadline for UFA players are due by
June 1st. A Club can offer 110% of the previous year's salary. This usually does not happen.
Franchise Player Tag (Designation Period) - Answer✔A Club may designate a Franchise Player
from the 22nd to the 8th day prior to the start of the League Year. It may be more easily
described as the 14 day period ending 8 days before the start of the League Year
Franchise Player Tag (COMPENSATION Period) - Answer✔The Franchise Tag entitles the player
to a salary that is equal to (stay with me) "the average of the top 5 salaries at the player's
position averaged over 5 years as a percentage of the cap, or 120% of the player's previous
year's salary, whichever is greater".
For the exam, you need to know and understand the definition, but you will not be calculating
the actual number.
The original intent of the Franchise designation was to encourage long-term deals. After a
player is designated, if a long-term deal is signed by July 15th (4:00pm EST), the Tag then
becomes available for the Club to use on another player the following year. After July 15th, the
player may only sign a 1-year deal.
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NFL Agency Exam Practice Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
ACCRUED SEASON - Answer✔A player receives an Accrued Season when they are on Full-Pay
status for 6 or more regular season games.
***This excludes games on the Practice Squad, Physically Unable to Perform-Non-Football
Injury List (PUP-NFI), and/or Exempt Commissioner Permission List.
CREDITED SEASON - Answer✔Used for Player Benefits. A player receives a CS any season in
which he appears on the A/I, IR or PUP list for his Club. He also receives a CS if he is released
injured and paid the equivalent of at least 3 game checks.
RD 1 PICK - Answer✔4-YEAR W/5TH YEAR OPTION
RD 2-7 PICK - Answer✔4-YEAR CONTRACT
UDFA - Answer✔3-YEAR CONTRACT
5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks (Qualifiers for 1st 3 Years)
No Pro Bowls & <75% participation; or Cumulative avg of 75% participation: or participate in a
cumulative 50% of plays in each of the 3 years - Answer✔Option Compensation
Transition Tender (3rd-25th highest salaries at same position)
5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks (Qualifiers for 1st 3 Years)
No Pro Bowls, min. 75% participation; or Cumulative avg of 75% participation: or participate in
a cumulative 75% of plays in each of the 3 years - Answer✔Option Compensation
Transition Tender (3rd-20th highest salaries at same position)
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5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks (Qualifiers for 1st 3 Years)
One (1) Pro Bowl (on original ballot) - Answer✔Option Compensation
Transition Tender
5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks (Qualifiers for 1st 3 Years)
Two (2) or more Pro Bowls (on original ballot) - Answer✔Option Compensation
Franchise Tender
Rookie Contract Deadline - Answer✔Tuesday after Week 10 of the regular season. Of course, as
a matter of practicality, the majority of players sign prior to the start of camp.
5th-Year Option for 1st-Round Draft Picks - Answer✔Rookies drafted in the 1st-round sign
mandatory 4-year contracts just like other draft picks, but their contracts contain a 5th year
Option clause the other rounds do not have.
- These Option years are exercised by the Club, not the player.
- Clubs must exercise the Option at the end of a player's 3rd season.
- The Year 5 Compensation changed in 2018, and is now based on certain qualifying criteria
during the first 3 years of the contract.
- These 5th year salaries become guaranteed skill, injury and Salary Cap-related termination,
effective when the Club exercises the option
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENT - Answer✔0, 1, 2 ACCRUED SEASONS
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT - Answer✔3 ACCRUED SEASONS
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT - Answer✔4 ACCRUED SEASONS
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENT Minimum Tenders - Answer✔Minimum Tenders Minimum
tenders for ERFA players are due by the 1st day of the League Year (Mid March). The tender
offer gives exclusive rights to the offering Club, and must be at least the minimum applicable
salary. The deadline to sign the tender offer is the Tuesday after week 10 of the regular season.
There are no "splits" on tender offers for ERFA players.
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RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) - Answer✔Qualifying offers are due by the 1st day
of the League Year. A player has 35 days to shop around after receiving a qualifying offer. The
offering Club has Right of First Refusal (ROFR) on an offer made to the player by another Club.
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) ROFR - Answer✔2020 SALARY EXAMPLE - $2.025
million
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) ROFR & original draft round - Answer✔2020
SALARY EXAMPLE - $2.025 million or 110% of previous year's salary
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) ROFR & 2nd round - Answer✔2020 SALARY
EXAMPLE - $3.095 million or 110% of previous year's salary
RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (Qualifying Offers) ROFR & 1st round - Answer✔2020 SALARY
EXAMPLE - $4.407 million or 110% of previous year's salary
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT TENDER - Answer✔The tender deadline for UFA players are due by
June 1st. A Club can offer 110% of the previous year's salary. This usually does not happen.
Franchise Player Tag (Designation Period) - Answer✔A Club may designate a Franchise Player
from the 22nd to the 8th day prior to the start of the League Year. It may be more easily
described as the 14 day period ending 8 days before the start of the League Year
Franchise Player Tag (COMPENSATION Period) - Answer✔The Franchise Tag entitles the player
to a salary that is equal to (stay with me) "the average of the top 5 salaries at the player's
position averaged over 5 years as a percentage of the cap, or 120% of the player's previous
year's salary, whichever is greater".
For the exam, you need to know and understand the definition, but you will not be calculating
the actual number.
The original intent of the Franchise designation was to encourage long-term deals. After a
player is designated, if a long-term deal is signed by July 15th (4:00pm EST), the Tag then
becomes available for the Club to use on another player the following year. After July 15th, the
player may only sign a 1-year deal.
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