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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.
They get paid $5,000 a week
Typically, NFL players don't get paid to play basketball.
The official playing roster of an NFL team is limited to 53 players. The total including the practice squad is eighty players. Injured reserve players are counted against this total but may not play or practice for the current season.
A NFL roster has 53 players. A team is also allowed to have a practice squad, a group of developmental players. The practice squad is can have as many as 8 players on it. Therefore, there are a total of 61 spots on an NFL roster. As you can see by the limited numbers of spaces available, there is a lot of competition to achieve a roster spot in the NFL.
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A NFL player's practice schedule will change from team to team. All teams do however have a training camp for the players during the summer months.
It used to be 80 players, but since the 2009 training camps it's been 90 players. They usually have to cut down to about 53 players in a season.
Players can and do get paid when they are not on the active roster. Players who are under contract to a team draw a paycheck unless they have been Suspended by either the NFL or the Team or have been placed on the Non-Football Injury List (NFI).