NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 7
Rookie Compensation and Rookie Compensation Pool

Section 2(e)
Operation

(e)

No Club may enter into Rookie Contracts that, standing alone or in the aggregate, provide for aggregate Rookie Salary over all years of such Contracts that would exceed the Club’s Total Rookie Allocation. No Club may enter into Rookie Contracts with Drafted Rookies that, standing alone or in the aggregate, provide for Rookie Salary that would exceed (i) the Club’s Total Rookie Allocation for that League Year, minus (ii) the Undrafted Rookie Reservation.