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To try out for the practice squad, players cannot have more than one year of NFL experience. Playing on the practice squad for a total of three weeks counts as one season. A player can be on the practice squad for two seasons. The practice team is made up of players cut from the regular NFL active roster.
53 players can be on the active roster. The amount of players on IR and the Practice squad can vary from team to team
They get paid $5,000 a week
Each NFL team has 53 players plus the five extra for a practice squad, there are 1,696 players in the NFL. There are 32 teams in the NFL.
In the new NFL collective bargaining agreement, for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, the league minimum for the practice squad was $5,700 per week.
Practice squad players receive their normal game checks but do not receive the player playoff share that players on the 53 man roster receive.
The practice squad consists of players that the team really likes but doesn't think are ready to play full time. These practice squad players are usually young, rookies and second year. Sometimes, should an injury occur to one of the regular players a player from the practice squad will be promoted to the regular squad to replace him.