Retired players - 2025/26 season

























2025 - Free Agency
Released free agent      TO - Tendered Offer
* Franchise tag     ** Exclusive rights franchise tag
*** Transition tag   **** Non-Exclusive franchise tag
Franchise Football League
est 1989
Free Agents - 2025

FA: Unrestricted Free Agent -- A player who can sign anywhere.*- released players also have this designation

RFA: Restricted Free Agent -- A player who can sign anywhere but original team can match offer or receive compensation from new team.

** Those who receive the first-round tender will be offered $3.91 million for one year of service, per Yates, while those who receive the second-round tender will be offered $2.746 million. For restricted free agents hit with the original-round tender, that figure drops to $1.797 million. A restricted free agent (RFA) is any player with three Accrued Seasons (at least six games spent on a team's roster) and an expiring contract, per the NFL's official website. They have much less freedom than their unrestricted counterparts, who are able to sign with any of the league's 32 teams when their contracts expire.

NERFA -  Non Exclusive Rights Free Agent - Player allowed to negotiate with other teams

ERFA: Exclusive Rights Free Agent -- A player who can only negotiate with current team.

FRAN: Franchised Player -- A player who is guaranteed a one-year deal from his original team relative to highest-paid players at his position. The new team must give two first-round picks as compensation to original team if signed away.

TO: Tendered Offer - An initial contract offer made to RFAs. This offer determines what type of compensation the player's original team receives if the RFA signs with another team. The original team is awarded draft choices from the signing team. The highest compensation is a package of 1st and 3rd round picks. Players tendered minimum offers carry compensation equivalent to the round in which they were originally drafted. Players who were originally rookie free agents carry no compensation if a minimum qualifying offer is tendered

TRAN: Transition Player -- A player who is guaranteed a one-year deal from his original team at the average salary of the 10 highest-paid players at his position. Original team receives no compensation if it doesn't match offer from new team.
Released - Vested veterans are players with four years or more of credited service. They can sign with any team.
Waived - Waived players have less than four years of credited NFL service and are subject to the league's claiming system (if claimed, they must report to that team).
Quarterbacks
Aaron Rodgers   NYJ
Restricted Free agents

Exclusive Rights Free Agent
Running backs
Raheem Mostert   Mia
Restricted Free agents

Exclusive Rights Free Agent
Wide receivers

Restricted Free agents

Exclusive Rights Free Agent
Tight ends

Restricted Free agents

Exclusive Rights Free Agent
March
4-Mar    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.
12-Mar    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)
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Kickers

Restricted Free agents

Exclusive Rights Free Agent
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