Editor’s note: After the Chiefs’ first training camp practice, head coach Andy Reid said that inside linebacker Reggie Ragland will start camp on the non-football injury list (NFI). Let’s bring in AP medical expert Aaron Borgmann to explain what that means.
There were a lot of questions Thursday about the NFI list and what it means. NFI, if you haven’t seen already, stands for Non-Football Injury list. This can be a tricky designation.
Essentially, what this means is that a player has an issue that has arisen as a result of an activity that has taken place away from the team.