(08-04-2022, 11:07 PM)Firesky Wrote:

(08-04-2022, 10:43 PM)Jagsman Wrote: They keep on calling Jeff Cotton a first year player which is simply not true

It is true but it’s misleading. A player fresh out of college is a “rookie” but if a player is cut and doesn’t make the roster for a team in what’s supposed to be their “rookie” year they’re then a 1st year player when they return to camp the next year.

This is because it goes by “accrued seasons” so if a player was cut in training camp 4 consecutive years and then came back to a training camp for a 5th time, they’re still a 1st year player because they’re in the process of accruing that first season spent on a roster in the NFL