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In <a href="Gridiron_football" title="Gridiron football">gridiron football</a>, the practice squad, also called the taxi squad or practice roster, is a group of players signed by a team but not part of their main roster. They serve as extra players during the team's practices, often as part of the <a href="Glossary_of_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossary of American football">scout team</a> by emulating an upcoming opponent's play style. Because the players on the practice squad are familiar with the team's plays and formations, the practice squad serves as a way to develop inexperienced players for promotion to the main roster.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> This is particularly important for <a href="Professional_gridiron_football" title="Professional gridiron football">professional gridiron football</a> teams, which do not have formal <a href="Minor_league" title="Minor league">minor league</a> <a href="Farm_team" title="Farm team">farm team</a> affiliates to train players. In addition, it provides replacement players for the main roster when players are needed as the result of injuries or other roster moves, such as bereavement leave.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"Here’s_how_NFL_practice_squads_work"-2">[2]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_Football_League">National Football League</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3></div>

During the 1940s, <a href="Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> coach <a href="Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">Paul Brown</a> invented the "taxi squad", a group of promising scouted players who did not make the roster but were kept on reserve. To avoid <a href="All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a> <a href="Payroll" title="Payroll">payroll</a> rules, team owner <a href="Arthur_B._McBride" title="Arthur B. McBride">Arthur "Mickey" McBride</a>, put them instead on the payroll of his <a href="Taxi" title="Taxi">taxicab</a> company, <a href="Yellow_Cab_Company" title="Yellow Cab Company">Yellow Cab of Cleveland</a>, though those players <a href="No-show_job" title="No-show job">never performed any work</a> for Yellow Cab, much less drove taxicabs.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200895-3">[3]</a> The name stuck, and the practice of retaining a squad of ready reserves spread throughout professional football. However, the <a href="National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) did not officially recognize the existence of taxi squads until February 18, 1965. On that date, the NFL team owners formally adopted a 40-man active roster supplemented by a taxi squad of unregulated size,<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> which was officially termed the "future list."<a href="#cite_note-T-P_9-29-1968-5">[5]</a> Over the next few seasons, the NFL gradually limited the allowable number of inactive players to seven, and regulations were established in relation to injured reserve and waiver practices.<a href="#cite_note-S-I_8-22-1968-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-T-P_5-6-1970-7">[7]</a> In 1974, the NFL eliminated the taxi squad altogether, moving the seven inactive spots into an expanded 47-man active roster.<a href="#cite_note-T-P_9-11-1974-8">[8]</a> Beginning in 1977, a more limited inactive system was introduced (often consisting of either two or four players, depending on the season), and these players were sometimes referred to as taxi squad members.<a href="#cite_note-S-I_9-13-1977-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-TPSI_11-8-1982-10">[10]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mechanism">Mechanism</h3></div>

Players may be signed to a practice squad for several reasons: for lack of space on the team, due to injury, or because they require more development. Practice squad players can be signed to any team's 53-man active roster, without compensation to their former team, at any time during the season. Many NFL players spent time on practice squads before finding success in the league, such as <a href="James_Harrison_(American_football)" title="James Harrison (American football)">James Harrison</a>, <a href="Adrian_Phillips" title="Adrian Phillips">Adrian Phillips</a>, <a href="Jason_Peters" title="Jason Peters">Jason Peters</a>, <a href="Danny_Amendola" title="Danny Amendola">Danny Amendola</a>, <a href="Danny_Woodhead" title="Danny Woodhead">Danny Woodhead</a>, <a href="Arian_Foster" title="Arian Foster">Arian Foster</a>, and <a href="Kyle_Cook_(American_football)" title="Kyle Cook (American football)">Kyle Cook</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

The practice squad is only in effect during the regular season and postseason. Once a team's season finishes, practice squad players are typically signed to reserve/futures contracts by their teams, enabling them to be members of the team's 90-man offseason roster at the start of the new league year in March.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Typical practice squad contracts automatically terminate one week after the team's final regular season or postseason game of the season.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECBA2020360-14">[14]</a>

The 2020 collective bargaining agreement allowed for teams to elevate up to two players per week to the active roster from the practice squad. Such promotions must be made the day before the team's game, and allow the player to automatically revert to the practice squad without having to clear <a href="Waivers_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waivers (American football)">waivers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Players were allowed to be elevated to active rosters for up to two weeks in a regular season starting in 2020, and up to three weeks starting in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-2022_rules-16">[16]</a>

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in 2020, teams were able to designate up to four practice squad player protections, which prevented other teams from signing those players to their active rosters.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> This rule is still in effect as of the 2023 season.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Additional protocols were in place for activation of large numbers of practice squad players in the event of an outbreak.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Squad_size">Squad size</h3></div>

In the 1993 collective bargaining agreement, practice squads were limited to five players.<a href="#cite_note-1993_NFL_CBA-20">[20]</a> The practice squad expanded to eight players on April 1, 2004, following a vote from NFL owners.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> In August 2014, the practice squad expanded to 10 players.<a href="#cite_note-2014_Expansion-22">[22]</a> The 2020 collective bargaining agreement increased the size of practice squads to 12 players starting in 2020 and 14 players beginning in 2022,<a href="#cite_note-:0-23">[23]</a> but due to the <a href="Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_sports" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the NFL increased the practice squad size to 16 for the 2020 season.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> This size increase was made permanent effective with the 2022 season.<a href="#cite_note-2022_rules-16">[16]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eligibility">Eligibility</h3></div>

In 1998, eligibility limits were imposed to allow only players without an accrued season or players who had one accrued season but were active for fewer than nine games that season. Players could only be members of the practice squad for up to two seasons. One practice squad season was defined in 1998 as having been on the squad for at least three games in a season, with bye weeks counting as a game.<a href="#cite_note-1993_NFL_CBA-20">[20]</a>

In 2006, a third practice squad season for a player became possible as long as the team had 53 players on their active roster for the duration of the player's time on the practice squad that season. The player was considered to have served a third season as a practice squad member if they were on the squad for at least one game that season.<a href="#cite_note-2006_NFL_CBA-25">[25]</a>

Until the 2011 season, games in which a player is listed as the third-string quarterback (using the <a href="Third_quarterback_rule" title="Third quarterback rule">third quarterback rule</a>) did not count as being on the active list. Former quarterback <a href="Mike_Quinn" title="Mike Quinn">Mike Quinn</a>, who was listed as the third-string quarterback for several teams throughout his career, was practice squad eligible during his eighth NFL season.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a>

In August 2014, eligibility was expanded by increasing the number of games in a season a player must be on the squad in order for that season to count as one of the player's three seasons of eligibility from three games to six games. Finally, each practice squad could include two players who have accrued too much playing time to be eligible for the squad under the previous rules, though these players may have no more than two accrued seasons in the league.<a href="#cite_note-2014_Expansion-22">[22]</a> Starting with the 2016 season, up to four veteran players were allowed to be on the practice squad.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Beginning in 2022, up to six veteran players with two or more accrued seasons were allowed on a team's practice squad at a time.<a href="#cite_note-2022_rules-16">[16]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Salaries">Salaries</h3></div>

Since the 2021 season, there are two NFL practice squad salary scales. The first group is composed of rookies and players with two or fewer accrued seasons, while the second is for the NFL veterans with no limit to the accrued seasons in the league.

The minimum weekly salary for practice squad players:<a href="#cite_note-1993_NFL_CBA-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-2006_NFL_CBA-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECBA2020172-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a>

<li>2021: $9,200 (rookies)/ $14,000 (veterans)/ $14,000 (max)</li>

<li>2022: $11,500 (rookies)/ $15,400 (veterans)/ $19,900 (max)</li>

<li>2023: $12,000 (rookies)/ $16,100 (veterans)/ $20,600 (max)</li>

<li>2024: $12,500 (rookies)/ $16,800 (veterans)/ $21,300 (max)<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></li>

<li>2025: $13,000 (rookies)/ $17,500 (veterans)/ $22,000 (max)</li>

<li>2026: $13,750 (rookies)/ $18,350 (veterans)/ $22,850 (max)</li>

<li>2027: $14,500 (rookies)/ $19,200 (veterans)/ $23,700 (max)</li>

<li>2028: $15,250 (rookies)/ $20,050 (veterans)/ $24,550 (max)</li>

<li>2029: $16,000 (rookies)/ $20,900 (veterans)/ $25,400 (max)</li>

<li>2030: $16,750 (rookies)/ $21,750 (veterans)/ $26,250 (max)</li></ul>

Those on the practice squad are paid 18 weeks a year for the regular season, like active players, however unlike the latter there are no signing bonuses nor guaranteed salaries. Practice squad players earn considerably less than active squad players: in 2020, the minimum salary for a practice squad player was $8,400 per week ($142,800 for 17 weeks), and the minimum rookie salary was $610,000.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECBA2020172-29">[29]</a> Some practice squad players are paid considerably more, however. In 2006, the <a href="New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> paid third-year player <a href="Billy_Yates_(American_football)" title="Billy Yates (American football)">Billy Yates</a> the full $425,000 he would have earned as a member of the team's active roster.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canadian_Football_League">Canadian Football League</h2></div>

The <a href="Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> (CFL) follows similar rules to the NFL with regards to practice squad players, but has unique rules due to <a href="Canadian_Football_League#Player_designations" title="Canadian Football League">its nationality-based player designation and roster ratio system</a>, where <a href="Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian citizens</a> are considered "national" players and non-Canadians are considered either "American" or "global" players. Each CFL team is normally limited to 10 players on their practice squads (2 of which must be national players) and their salaries count against their teams' salary caps. A CFL practice squad roster may further be expanded to 12 with "global" players (see "international players" below). Due to the CFL seasons starting before the NFL's and its position as a smaller sister-league to the NFL, each team's practice squad is temporary expanded to 15 players (17 when counting "global" players) following the NFL's roster cuts at the beginning of the NFL season; the extra 5 players do not count against a team's salary cap.<a href="#cite_note-razzleroster-33">[33]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="XFL_and_NFL_Europe">XFL and NFL Europe</h2></div>

During the abbreviated 2020 debut season of the second incarnation of the <a href="XFL_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="XFL (2020)">XFL</a>, the league operated a centralized "Team 9" that acted as both a practice squad and <a href="Farm_team" title="Farm team">farm team</a> for the entire league in lieu of individual teams having their own practice squads. This team had its own coaches and staff but did not play any on-record games. Team 9 players were paid the league minimum salary for inactive players, $1,040 per week.<a href="#cite_note-teamnine-34">[34]</a> Team 9 did not return when the XFL resumed play in 2023. A similar system was reportedly used by the now-defunct <a href="NFL_Europe" title="NFL Europe">NFL Europe</a>, the NFL's European developmental league.<a href="#cite_note-teamnine-34">[34]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_and_high_school_football">College and high school football</h2></div>

In <a href="College_football" title="College football">college football</a>, players who are on a team's roster and practice with the team but do not play are known as <a href="Redshirt_(college_sports)" title="Redshirt (college sports)">redshirts</a>. Redshirts consist mostly of <a href="Freshman" title="Freshman">freshmen</a> and of transfer students who are not eligible to play in games due to <a href="National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> rules. If a player plays through one entire season as a redshirt, that season does not count toward their limit of four years of eligibility to play college football; in rare circumstances, usually stemming from major injuries, a player may be granted a second redshirt year.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Before the 2018 season, a player lost redshirt status with his first game appearance in that season; since then, redshirt status is lost only if the player appears in more than four games during that season.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Prior to 1972, the NCAA prohibited freshmen from participating in varsity games, though they could practice with the varsity team and compete on separate freshmen teams, similar to <a href="Junior_varsity_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior varsity team">junior varsity teams</a> in <a href="High_school_football" title="High school football">high school football</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_players">International players</h2></div>

The practice squad has also been used by professional teams and leagues as a way to bring in and train players from outside the <a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a> or <a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, where <a href="Gridiron_football" title="Gridiron football">gridiron football</a> is not a popular sport, as an attempt to foster international interest. In the CFL, players from outside Canada were previously <a href="Canadian_Football_League#Player_designations" title="Canadian Football League">designated</a> as "international" players. This designation was usually in reference to American players (which now have their own "American" designation), but a subset designation of "international" players known as "global" players was implemented in 2019 to refer to players originating from outside the United States and Canada.<a href="#cite_note-global1-38">[38]</a> This section, for both the NFL and CFL, refers to players that would be eligible for the CFL's "global" designation.

The NFL has operated programs in which selected international players were assigned to teams' practice squads as an extra member who did not count towards a team's maximum practice squad size.

The first, called the International Practice Squad Program, began operation in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-espn-39">[39]</a> In 2005, <a href="Rolando_Cantu" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolando Cantu">Rolando Cantu</a> of Mexico was promoted to the <a href="Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Arizona Cardinals</a>' active roster after spending the previous season on the practice squad as a member of the program.<a href="#cite_note-tribune-40">[40]</a> Players from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Japan, and Russia also participated.<a href="#cite_note-espn-39">[39]</a> In 2008, the program sponsored sixteen players, the largest number ever.<a href="#cite_note-tribune-40">[40]</a> The program was discontinued for 2009. The rule allowing for an extra practice squad player of international origin, however, remained in the NFL's rulebook and teams attempted to use the rule even after the demise of the program. For example, in 2013 the <a href="Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> attempted to use it to add Norwegian kicker <a href="H%C3%A5vard_Rugland" title="Håvard Rugland">Håvard Rugland</a> to their practice squad, but were rejected by the NFL, which stated that the rule was meant to be used for players from <a href="NFL_Europe" title="NFL Europe">NFL Europe</a>, which folded after the 2007 season.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a>

A new program, the <a href="International_Player_Pathway" title="International Player Pathway">International Player Pathway</a> (IPP), was created in 2017. This new initiative started as a trial involving only <a href="NFC_South" title="NFC South">NFC South</a> teams. Each team in the division was allowed to sign one international player to its practice squad who would not count against the normal 10-player limit, but would not be eligible to be activated during the season after being signed.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> The IPP was expanded to eight teams (NFC South and <a href="AFC_North" title="AFC North">AFC North</a>) for the 2018 season.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> The IPP was opened to all NFL teams in 2024 and the NFL began allowing IPP players to be elevated to gameday rosters for up to three games per season.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a>

Additionally, several international players have tried to find their starts in the NFL through spending time on teams' practice squads without having initially been part of these programs, such as <a href="Efe_Obada" title="Efe Obada">Efe Obada</a>, <a href="Moritz_B%C3%B6hringer" title="Moritz Böhringer">Moritz Böhringer</a>, and <a href="Jarryd_Hayne" title="Jarryd Hayne">Jarryd Hayne</a>.

In the CFL, the "global" player designation was started in 2019 as part of an international partnership with <a href="Amateur_sports" title="Amateur sports">amateur</a> and <a href="Semi-professional_sports" title="Semi-professional sports">semi-pro</a> leagues in <a href="Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> and <a href="Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. In addition to the requirement of each CFL team to have one "global" player on their active rosters, each team may have a maximum of two "global" players on their practice squad who do not count against the team's normal practice squad size limit. Each "global" player designated is paid the CFL minimum salary and a portion of their salary may be sent back to the leagues they were taken from, depending on partnership arrangements; players taken from Mexico, for example, currently have 10% of their salaries sent to the <a href="Liga_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Americano_Profesional" title="Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional">Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional</a>, Mexico's top level American football league.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_sports">Other sports</h2></div>

In the <a href="National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>, the term "taxi squad" was used for the <a href="2020%E2%80%9321_NHL_season" title="2020–21 NHL season">2020–21 season</a> to describe a group of players who traveled with but did not play for their respective teams until called upon to do so in the event that a positive <a href="COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> case on the team forced the club to make a call-up immediately. The concept was used exclusively for that season; league deputy commissioner <a href="Bill_Daly" title="Bill Daly">Bill Daly</a> said it would likely not be used in future seasons as it was devised solely to circumvent the difficulties in summoning back-up players that were presented by the <a href="COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> On December 26, 2021, after a large number of disruptions to the <a href="2021%E2%80%9322_NHL_season" title="2021–22 NHL season">2021–22 season</a> schedule due to COVID-19 issues within teams (including a suspension of all games from December 23–27), the NHL announced that it would reinstate the rule.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a>

<a href="Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> (NPB), <a href="Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>'s major <a href="Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> league, utilizes a <a href="Developmental_player_system_(Nippon_Professional_Baseball)" title="Developmental player system (Nippon Professional Baseball)">developmental player system</a> that allows its teams to sign an unrestricted number of developmental players, who cannot play in NPB games but a limited number per game may play in the NPB's minor leagues.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a>

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</style><div id="Gridiron_football_concepts228" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Gridiron_football" title="Gridiron football">Gridiron football</a> concepts</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="American_football" title="American football">American</a>

<ul><li><a href="Glossary_of_American_football_terms" title="Glossary of American football terms">Glossary</a></li>

<li><a href="History_of_American_football" title="History of American football">History</a>

<ul><li><a href="Early_history_of_American_football" title="Early history of American football">Early</a></li>

<li><a href="Modern_history_of_American_football" title="Modern history of American football">Modern</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="American_football_rules" title="American football rules">Rules</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Arena_football" title="Arena football">Arena</a></li>

<li><a href="Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">Canadian</a>

<ul><li><a href="Comparison_of_American_and_Canadian_football" title="Comparison of American and Canadian football">American–Canadian comparison</a></li>

<li><a href="Burnside_rules" title="Burnside rules">Burnside rules</a></li>

<li><a href="Glossary_of_Canadian_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Glossary of Canadian football">Glossary</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Touch_football_(American)" title="Touch football (American)">Touch</a></li>

<li><a href="Street_football_(American)" title="Street football (American)">Street/Backyard</a></li>

<li><a href="Powderpuff_(sports)" title="Powderpuff (sports)">Powderpuff</a></li>

<li><a href="Wheelchair_Football_(American)" title="Wheelchair Football (American)">Wheelchair</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_gridiron_football_rules" title="List of gridiron football rules">Rules of gridiron football codes</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels of play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Youth

<ul><li><a href="Pop_Warner_Little_Scholars" title="Pop Warner Little Scholars">Pop Warner</a></li>

<li><a href="High_school_football" title="High school football">High school</a></li>

<li><a href="College_football" title="College football">College</a>

<li><a href="Sprint_football" title="Sprint football">Sprint</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Professional_gridiron_football" title="Professional gridiron football">Professional</a></li>

<li><a href="Women's_American_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's American football">Women's</a></li>

<li><a href="International_Federation_of_American_Football" title="International Federation of American Football">International</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="American_football_field" title="American football field">Field</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Yard_lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Yard lines">Yard lines</a>

<ul><li><a href="Hash_marks" class="mw-redirect" title="Hash marks">Hash marks</a></li>

<li><a href="Sidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidelines">Sidelines</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Line_of_scrimmage" title="Line of scrimmage">Line of scrimmage</a></li>

<li><a href="Field_goal_range" title="Field goal range">Field goal range</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spaces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Neutral_zone_(gridiron_football)" title="Neutral zone (gridiron football)">Neutral zone</a></li>

<li><a href="Coffin_corner_(American_football)" title="Coffin corner (American football)">Coffin corner</a></li>

<li><a href="Passing_pocket" title="Passing pocket">Pocket</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scoring</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Touchdown" title="Touchdown">Touchdown</a></li>

<li><a href="Conversion_(gridiron_football)" title="Conversion (gridiron football)">One-point conversion</a></li>

<li><a href="Two-point_conversion" title="Two-point conversion">Two-point conversion</a></li>

<li><a href="Field_goal" title="Field goal">Field goal</a></li>

<li><a href="Safety_(gridiron_football_score)" title="Safety (gridiron football score)">Safety</a></li>

<li><a href="Single_(football)" title="Single (football)">Single (rouge)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ball handling</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Forward_pass" title="Forward pass">Forward pass</a></li>

<li><a href="Lateral_pass" title="Lateral pass">Lateral</a></li>

<li><a href="Incomplete_pass" title="Incomplete pass">Incomplete pass</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Touchback" title="Touchback">Touchback</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Kickoff_(gridiron_football)" title="Kickoff (gridiron football)">Kickoff</a>

<ul><li><a href="Onside_kick" title="Onside kick">Onside kick</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Turnover_(gridiron_football)" title="Turnover (gridiron football)">Turnovers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Fumble" title="Fumble">Fumble</a></li>

<li><a href="Interception" title="Interception">Interception</a></li>

<li><a href="Muffed_punt" title="Muffed punt">Muffed punt</a></li>

<li><a href="Charles_Tillman" title="Charles Tillman">"Peanut Punch"</a></li>

<li><a href="Turnover_on_downs" title="Turnover on downs">Turnover on downs</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Down_(gridiron_football)" title="Down (gridiron football)">Downs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Down_(gridiron_football)" title="Down (gridiron football)">First down</a></li>

<li><a href="Down_(gridiron_football)#Three-and-out" title="Down (gridiron football)">Three-and-out</a></li>

<li><a href="Fourth_down_conversion" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth down conversion">Fourth down conversion</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Play_clock" title="Play clock">Play clock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Time-out_(sport)#American_and_Canadian_football" title="Time-out (sport)">Timeout</a></li>

<li><a href="Quarterback_kneel" title="Quarterback kneel">Kneel</a></li>

<li><a href="Spike_(gridiron_football)" title="Spike (gridiron football)">Spike</a></li>

<li>Time warnings

<li><a href="Clock_management" title="Clock management">Clock management</a></li>

<li><a href="Running_out_the_clock" title="Running out the clock">Running out the clock</a></li>

<li><a href="Untimed_play" title="Untimed play">Untimed play</a></li>

<li><a href="Garbage_time" title="Garbage time">Garbage time</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statistics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="All-purpose_yardage" title="All-purpose yardage">All-purpose yardage</a></li>

<li><a href="Carry_(gridiron_football)" title="Carry (gridiron football)">Carry</a></li>

<li><a href="Completion_(American_football)" title="Completion (American football)">Completion</a></li>

<li><a href="Next_Gen_Stats" title="Next Gen Stats">Next Gen Stats</a></li>

<li><a href="Pass_deflected" title="Pass deflected">Pass deflected</a></li>

<li><a href="Passer_rating" title="Passer rating">Passer rating</a></li>

<li><a href="Passing_yards" class="mw-redirect" title="Passing yards">Passing yards</a></li>

<li><a href="Reception_(gridiron_football)" title="Reception (gridiron football)">Receiving yards</a></li>

<li><a href="Reception_(gridiron_football)" title="Reception (gridiron football)">Reception</a></li>

<li><a href="Return_yards" title="Return yards">Return yards</a></li>

<li><a href="Carry_(gridiron_football)" title="Carry (gridiron football)">Rushing yards</a></li>

<li><a href="Total_offense" title="Total offense">Total offense</a></li>

<li><a href="Total_quarterback_rating" title="Total quarterback rating">Total quarterback rating</a></li>

<li><a href="Touchdown_pass" title="Touchdown pass">Touchdown pass</a></li>

<li><a href="Yards_after_catch" title="Yards after catch">Yards after catch</a></li>

<li><a href="Yards_from_scrimmage" title="Yards from scrimmage">Yards from scrimmage</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Practice</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul>

<li><a href="Oklahoma_drill" title="Oklahoma drill">Oklahoma drill</a></li>

<li><a href="Three-cone_drill" title="Three-cone drill">Three-cone drill</a></li>

<li><a href="Film_session" title="Film session">Film session</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Officiating</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Official_(gridiron_football)" title="Official (gridiron football)">Official</a> (<a href="Official_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Official (American football)">American</a>, <a href="Official_(Canadian_football)" title="Official (Canadian football)">Canadian</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Chain_crew" title="Chain crew">Chain crew</a></li>

<li><a href="Penalty_(gridiron_football)" title="Penalty (gridiron football)">Penalty</a></li>

<li><a href="Penalty_flag" title="Penalty flag">Penalty flag</a></li>

<li><a href="Replay_review_in_gridiron_football" title="Replay review in gridiron football">Instant replay</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Blocking_(American_football)" title="Blocking (American football)">Blocking</a></li>

<li><a href="Coaching_tree" title="Coaching tree">Coaching tree</a></li>

<li><a href="Concussions_in_American_football" title="Concussions in American football">Concussions</a></li>

<li><a href="Protective_equipment_in_gridiron_football" title="Protective equipment in gridiron football">Equipment</a></li>

<li><a href="Football_IQ" title="Football IQ">Football IQ</a></li>

<li><a href="Formation_(American_football)" title="Formation (American football)">Formations</a>

<li><a href="Gatorade_shower" title="Gatorade shower">Gatorade shower</a></li>

<li><a href="Overtime_(sports)#American_and_Canadian_football" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a></li>

<li><a href="American_football_plays" title="American football plays">Plays</a></li>

<li><a href="American_football_positions" title="American football positions">Positions</a></li>

<li><a href="Running_up_the_score" title="Running up the score">Running up the score</a></li>

<li><a href="American_football_strategy" title="American football strategy">Strategy</a></li>

<li><a href="Touchdown_celebration" title="Touchdown celebration">Touchdown celebration</a></li>

<li><a href="American_football_card" title="American football card">Trading card</a></li>

<li><a href="12th_man_(football)" title="12th man (football)">Twelfth man</a></li></ul>

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