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Report: NFL Teams Limited To Maximum Of Five Tryout Players For 2021 Rookie Minicamps

While NFL rookie minicamps are still currently scheduled to take place after the 2021 NFL Draft, teams will be limited in the amount of tryout players they can have on hand this year due the ongoing fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year teams did not have rookie minicamps due to the pandemic.

There were no rookie minicamps at all in 2020, so dozens, if not hundreds of unsigned players never got a chance to compete. COVID continues to impact normal football operations, and those opportunities will be limited again this year.