Washington Football Team won’t have tryout players at rookie minicamp
An update on the Washington Football Team’s rookie minicamp.
Every year, NFL teams bring in tryout players to rookie minicamp to get a look at some potential 90-man roster candidates. Most often, these players don’t make the team, but occasionally, teams unearth a diamond in the rough.
That happened for the Washington Football Team when they found Casey Dunn and saw him make the 53-man roster. But for the second consecutive year in 2021, Washington won’t be having any tryout players at their rookie minicamp.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Washington had one of their potential tryout players test positive for COVID. As a result, the team will no longer have tryout players at their camp and will instead only include this year’s draft picks, undrafted free agent Jaret Patterson, and a handful of players from last year’s roster.
The Washington Football Team had one of their rookie tryout players test positive for COVID-19, source said. So they’ll move forward with rookie minicamp with only draft picks and players eligible to participate who were on the roster last year.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 13, 2021
On the surface, that may sound like a big deal. After all, teams used to bring in countless extra players for rookie minicamp. However, as NBC Sports Washington’s JP Finlay detailed, the team could only bring in five tryout players this year.
More information on Washington Football Team rookie minicamp - NFL mandated that team's could only bring in 5 tryout players. WFT had a tryout player test positive for Covid. Those 5 players cant come to minicamp now. So there were 21 players slated for rookie camp, now 16
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) May 13, 2021
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So, Washington’s losing a chance to look at five guys. Is that ideal? No. But is it going to change the trajectory of the team? Probably not.
You do have to feel for those undrafted free agents who were looking to get their shot at participating in NFL camp. Unfortunately, that has been taken away from them for now, but maybe they’ll get a chance to compete for a spot on a team’s 90-man roster later in the summer.
Listed below is the roster for Washington’s rookie minicamp.
Washington Football Team’s rookie minicamp roster
- LB Jamin Davis
- OT Samuel Cosmi
- DB Benjamin St-Juste
- WR Dyami Brown
- TE John Bates
- S Darrick Forrest
- EDGE William Bradley-King
- EDGE Shaka Toney
- WR Dax Milne
- TE Sammis Reyes
- DL David Bada
- DL Daniel Wise
- QB Steven Montez
- OT Rick Leonard
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We’ll soon see how these players fare and who makes the most noise in the coming week.