This nugget can be read as a stand-alone article, but it also provides detail for Nugget #8 - Rookie Contracts.
The information for this nugget, and all the nuggets in the “8 series” (8, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E) was sourced primarily from Chapter 8 of the book, Crunching Numbers.
UNDRAFTED FREE AGENTS
Players who are not selected in the NFL Draft may immediately sign following the draft as an undrafted rookie free agent. As mandated by the CBA, the player will sign a three-year contract with the right to renegotiate following their second regular season.