Practice Squad Eligibility

[KB_fan]

In reading Jeremy's thread about the 53 man roster projection, I found it helpful to consider who is eligible for the Practice Squad, so as to come up with a true list of those who are most at risk of being cut from the team.

 

I'm pretty new to following the NFL so closely, so I'm not sure of the Practice Squad eligibility rules.  After a quick skim online at the PS eligibility rules and looking at the current 90 man roster, I counted 25 players who would be eligible for the Practice Squad.  (This is out of a total of 26 players showing 0 (rookies) - 1 year of experience.  If I understand the rules correctly Presley may not be eligible, having played in 8 games (4 in MIA, 4 with CAR))

 

Can anyone verify if this list is correct? 

 

 

 

Name          Pos.        Age       Exp.   PS-Elig    College

Artis-Payne, Cameron   RB   24   0   Y      Auburn

Blechen, Brian               LB   23   0   Y      Utah

Byrd, Damiere               WR  22   0   Y     South Carolina

Cox, Rakim                    DE  24    0   Y    Villanova

Funchess, Devin           WR  20    0   Y    Michigan

Marlowe, Dean                S   22    0   Y   James Madison

Mayo, David                  LB   21    0   Y   Texas St.

McCray, Jordan  O Line - G  22    0   Y  Central Florida

Miley, Arthur                  DE   22    0   Y  Southern

Miller, Steve                  DE   23    0   Y  Ohio State

Patrick, Ronald  O Line - G   23    0   Y South Carolina

Peters, Garry                CB    23    0   Y Clemson

Redden, Terry               DT    21    0   Y Memphis

Thompson, Shaq          LB    21    0   Y Washington

Ward, Lee                    FB     23    0   Y Stanford

Wegher, Brandon        RB     24    0   Y Morningside College

Wile, Matt                      P      22    0   Y Michigan

Williams, Daryl O Line - T      22    0  Y Oklahoma

 

Byndom, Carrington     CB      22    1   Y  Texas

Childers, Jamie            TE       26    1   Y  Coastal Carolina

Greene, Kevin             TE        24    1   Y Southern California

Lucas, Marcus            WR       23    1   Y  Missouri

McFadden, Kimario       S        24    1   Y  South Carolina State

Presley, De'Andre       WR       25    1   N   Appalachian State

Regis, Micanor            DT        25    1   Y   Miami (Fla.)

Young, Lou                  CB       23     1   Y   Georgia Tech

 

[Mr. Scot]

Don't forget the new "exception" rules.

[Moorgan]

Lou Young sounds like a blues guitarist from the 60s. Carrington Byndum sounds like a Big Band Leader from the 40s maybe. Jamie Childers sounds like a female 60s folk singer. Add in Steve Miller and we have quite the rookie concert for training camp evenings.

[t96]

Carrington Byndum sounds like a Big Band Leader from the 40s maybe. 

 

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no

[KB_fan]

Don't forget the new "exception" rules.

 

Ah, I had.  Thanks for the reminder.  From the NFL website:

 

Second, each club will be permitted to sign a maximum of two Practice Squad players who have earned no more than two accrued seasons of free agency credit. Absent this exception, a player who has earned one or more accrued seasons would not be eligible for a Practice Squad unless the player spent fewer than nine games on a club’s 46-player active list in each of his accrued seasons.

 

So, that means Presley could be an exception, and perhaps some of those currently showing 2 years of experience, such as Martin Wallace, and also David Foucault...?

 

It doesn't seem simple to figure out eligibility no matter how many times I read the criteria!

 

[Moorgan]

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no

 

Sure it's no Dizzy Gillespie type name or even Ol' Satchmo but it reminded me of Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington.

 

[Bartin]

Ah, I had.  Thanks for the reminder.  From the NFL website:

 

Second, each club will be permitted to sign a maximum of two Practice Squad players who have earned no more than two accrued seasons of free agency credit. Absent this exception, a player who has earned one or more accrued seasons would not be eligible for a Practice Squad unless the player spent fewer than nine games on a club’s 46-player active list in each of his accrued seasons.

 

So, that means Presley could be an exception, and perhaps some of those currently showing 2 years of experience, such as Martin Wallace, and also David Foucault...?

 

It doesn't seem simple to figure out eligibility no matter how many times I read the criteria!

 

 

I believe Presley is still eligible for the non-exception PS. For a player to achieve an accrued season then he has to be on the active roster for 6 games in a single season. Presley has never been on the roster for more than 4 in a single season so he should have zero accrued seasons. He does have 2 served practice squad seasons which means he has spent at least 3 weeks on the PS during a season(last year he only spent 2 weeks so that wouldn't count) so he is eligible for a 3rd PS season provided the team keeps no less than 53 players on the roster at all times which every team will.

 

I could be wrong but it looks like Presley is PS eligible as a non-exception if I understand the rules correctly. He is definitely eligible as one of the two exceptions.

[AU-panther]

Ah, I had.  Thanks for the reminder.  From the NFL website:

Second, each club will be permitted to sign a maximum of two Practice Squad players who have earned no more than two accrued seasons of free agency credit. Absent this exception, a player who has earned one or more accrued seasons would not be eligible for a Practice Squad unless the player spent fewer than nine games on a club’s 46-player active list in each of his accrued seasons.

So, that means Presley could be an exception, and perhaps some of those currently showing 2 years of experience, such as Martin Wallace, and also David Foucault...?

 

It doesn't seem simple to figure out eligibility no matter how many times I read the criteria!

I am far from a practice squad expert but from the way I understand it the new exception allows two players that have up to 2 accrued seasons. So in theory any player drafted in 2013 and 2014 would be eligible even if they started every game over that time period. An example of this was Steven Hill Last year. Also players that were drafted before that time would be eligible if they didn't have over two accrued seasons.

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2014/8/26/6069461/2014-nfl-practice-squad-primer-rules-size-eligibility-salary

Outside of those 2 exceptions the rest of your practice squad has to be comprised of players that have accrued less then one season of experience. The criteria of what constitutes an accrued season is based on the number of games on the roster.

[KB_fan]

Very much appreciate the helpful replies!  The ins & outs of PS eligibility is slowly coming into focus...