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Non-football injury and non-football illness (NFI) are roster designations used in the National Football League (NFL) for players who are unable to practice as a result of conditions unrelated to football, or injuries that did not occur during NFL games or practices. They are similar to the physically unable to perform and injured reserve lists.
Physically unable to perform (PUP) is a roster designation used in the National Football League (NFL) for players who suffered injuries during football-related activities prior to the start of training camp. Players on the PUP list may participate in team meetings, and use team training and medical facilities, but cannot practice with their team.
Players put on the active/physically unable to perform list — or PUP — at the start of training camp have football-related injuries, like those on IR, but count against the active roster.
A study was done by the Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern University, where they studied the "return to play rate" (RTP) for given orthopedic procedures done based on a given injury. They found that out of 559 NFL players, the most difficult injuries for NFL players to return to play in were patellar tendon tears (50.0 %) and ...
Players can be removed from the PUP list at any time, but cannot be placed on the PUP list a second time. Petit-Frere is one of the candidates for the Titans' starting right tackle position, along ...
Dolphins’ Phillips comes off PUP list. ... Under new NFL rules, players placed on IR during training camp are eligible to return during the season, but a team can bring back no more than eight ...
The injured reserve list (abbr. IR list) is a designation used in North American professional sports leagues for athletes who suffer injuries and become unable to play. The exact name of the list varies by league; it is known as "injured reserve" in the National Football League (NFL) and National Hockey League (NHL), the "injured list" in the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the injured ...
According to NFL PUP list rules, once a player has missed four games, there is a five-week period where the player can rejoin practice. Once he is back practicing, there is another three-week ...