NFL Calendar & Dates – 2024-2025
October
October 6 NFL International Game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London, United Kingdom)
New York Jets vs. Minnesota Vikings
October 13 NFL International Game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London, United Kingdom)
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Chicago Bears
Oct 15 Deadline for any player claiming the 2024 Injury Protection benefit to file a grievance.
October 15-16 Fall League Meeting (The Whitley, Atlanta, Georgia)
October 20 NFL International Game at Wembley Stadium (London, United Kingdom)
New England Patriots vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
November
Nov 5 All trading ends for 2024 at 4:00 p.m., New York time.
Nov 6 Players with at least four previous pension-credited seasons are subject to the waiver system for the remainder of the regular season and postseason.
November 10 NFL International Game at Allianz Arena – Home of FC Bayern Munich (Munich, Germany)
New York Giants vs. Carolina Panthers
Nov 12 – 4:00 p.m., New York time, signing period ends for Franchise Players who are eligible to receive Offer Sheets.
Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for Clubs to sign their unsigned Franchise and Transition Players, including Franchise Players who were eligible to receive Offer Sheets until this date. If still unsigned after this date, such players are prohibited from playing in NFL in 2024.
Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for Clubs to sign their Unrestricted Free Agents to whom the “UFA Tender” was made. If still unsigned after this date, such players are prohibited from playing in NFL in 2024.
Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for Clubs to sign their Restricted Free Agents, including those to whom the “June 1 Tender” was made. If such players remain unsigned after this date, they are prohibited from playing in NFL in 2024.
December
December 10-11 Special League Meeting/Front Office Accelerator (Ritz-Carlton-Las Colinas, Irving, Texas)
2025 Dates
January
Jan 6 Clubs may begin signing free agent players for the 2025 season, including players from the CFL.
Earliest permissible date for clubs to renegotiate or extend the Rookie Contract of a Drafted Rookie who was selected in any round of the 2022 College Draft or any Undrafted Rookie who signed in 2023. Any permissible renegotiated or extended Player Contract will not be considered a Rookie Contract and will not be subject to the rules that limit Rookie Contracts.
Clubs may exercise fifth-year options for players selected in the first round of the 2022 Draft.
Jan 8 Beginning at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Wednesday following the final regular season weekend, rosters are frozen for clubs participating in the postseason with limited exceptions.
January 11-13 Super Wild Card Weekend
Mid-January (Tentative) Deadline for college players who are underclassmen to apply for Special Eligibility.
January 18-19 Divisional Playoff Games
Jan 20 NCAA National Championship Game (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia)
Jan 26 AFC & NFC Championship Games
Jan 30 East-West Shrine Bowl
February
Feb 1 Senior Bowl (Hancock-Whitney Stadium, Mobile, Alabama)
Feb 2 Pro Bowl Games
Feb 9 Super Bowl LIX (Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana)
Feb 18 – Beginning this date through at 4:00 p.m., New York time on March 4, clubs may designate Franchise or Transition Players.
February 24 – March 3 NFL Scouting Combine (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana)
March
Mar 4 Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players.
March 10-12 Negotiation Period. During the period beginning at 12:00 noon, New York time, on March 10 and ending at 3:59:59 p.m., New York time, on March 12, clubs are permitted to contact, and enter into contract negotiations with the certified agents of players who will become Unrestricted Free Agents upon the expiration of their 2024 Player Contracts at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on March 12.
During the above two-day negotiating period, a prospective UFA who is not represented by an NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor (“Unrepresented Player”) is permitted to communicate directly with a new club’s front office officials (excluding the Head Coach and other members of the club’s coaching staff) regarding contract negotiations. The club is responsible for confirming the player’s status as an Unrepresented Player.
No prospective Unrestricted Free Agent is permitted to execute a contract with a new club until 4:00 p.m., New York time, on March 12.
Mar 12 – The 2025 League Year and Free Agency signing period begin at 4:00 p.m., New York time.
Trading period for 2025. Trading begins at 4:00 p.m., New York time, after expiration of all 2024 contracts.
The first day of the 2025 League Year will end at 11:59:59 p.m., New York time, on March 12. Clubs will receive a Personnel Notice that will include all transactions submitted to the league office during the period between 4:00 p.m., New York time, and 11:59:59 p.m., New York time, on March 12.
March 30-April 2 – Annual League Meeting (The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida)
Mar 31 Deadline for clubs to meet 2025 funding requirements for guaranteed or deferred compensation in NFL Player Contracts and contracts for non-player Club employees.
April
Apr 7 Clubs that hired a new Head Coach after the end of the 2024 regular season may begin offseason workout programs.
Apr 16 Deadline for clubs to time, test, visit, interview, or conduct a physical examination with a draft-eligible player at its club facility.
Apr 18 Deadline for Restricted Free Agents to sign Offer Sheets.
Apr 21 Clubs with returning Head Coaches may begin offseason workout programs.
Apr 23 Deadline for Prior Club to exercise Right of First Refusal to Restricted Free Agents who signed offer sheets.
Deadline for clubs to time, test, visit, interview (including video and phone calls), or conduct a physical examination with a draft-eligible player at any location.
April 24-26 Annual Selection Meeting/NFL Draft (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
NFL Draft 2025
May
1-May Deadline for Clubs to exercise Fifth-Year Option for players selected in the first round of the 2022 Draft.
May 2-5 or Clubs may elect to hold their one three-day post-Draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday on one of the two weekends following the Draft.
May 9-12
May 12 Rookie Football Development Programs begin.
May 20-21 Spring League Meeting/Coach Accelerator (Omni Viking Lakes Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
