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Rookies from Five Teams Open NFL Training Camps on July 19
NFL teams begin preparing for Kickoff 2017 on Wednesday, July 19 when rookies for five clubs — the Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints — report to camp.
Every NFL team will be in camp by Saturday, July 29.
The Arizona Cardinals, who will face the Cowboys in the Hall of Fame Game (Thursday, Aug. 3; NBC, 8 PM ET), will be the first team with all of its players in camp when both their rookies and their veterans report on Friday, July 21.
This year, 21 of 32 teams (66 percent) will stay home and hold training camp at their regular practice facility, home stadium or at a site within 10 miles of their team headquarters. In 2000, only 10 of 31 (32 percent) teams “stayed home.”
“Our entire organization is excited to be returning to hold training camp at our facility in Metairie in 2017,” said Saints owner Tom Benson. “This will be a great opportunity for our passionate fans from throughout the Gulf South to be able to experience the fun, excitement and interaction of Saints training camp as our team prepares for what we expect to be a very exciting season.”
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YEAR |
NFL TEAMS WITH HOME TRAINING CAMPS (PCT.) |
| 2000 | 10 of 31 (32%) |
| 2001 | 9 of 31 (29%) |
| 2002 | 10 of 32 (31%) |
| 2003 | 14 of 32 (44%) |
| 2004 | 15 of 32 (47%) |
| 2005 | 17 of 32 (53%) |
| 2006 | 15 of 32 (47%) |
| 2007 | 16 of 32 (50%) |
| 2008 | 15 of 32 (47%) |
| 2009 | 17 of 32 (53%) |
| 2010 | 17 of 32 (53%) |
| 2011 | 19 of 32 (59%) |
| 2012 | 19 of 32 (59%) |
| 2013 | 20 of 32 (63%) |
| 2014 | 20 of 32 (63%) |
| 2015 | 21 of 32 (66%) |
| 2016 | 20 of 32 (63%) |
| 2017 | 21 of 32 (66%) |
While training at home may be increasingly popular across the league, other teams are using the “old-time” approach and holding camp away from their facilities.
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LONGEST ACTIVE NFL TRAINING CAMP TENURES |
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TEAM |
TRAINING CAMP |
CITY |
YEARS |
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Green Bay Packers |
Saint Norbert College |
De Pere, WI |
60 |
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Minnesota Vikings |
Minnesota State University, Mankato |
Mankato, MN |
52 |
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Pittsburgh Steelers |
Saint Vincent College |
Latrobe, PA |
52 |
The Green Bay Packers will return to St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin for the 60th consecutive summer.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will come together at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania for the 52nd consecutive year.
“There’s some intrinsic value to being here, some things that you can’t measure,” said Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin. “Those are things that I think about when I think about training camp and those are the things that make me really excited about bringing a team to an environment like this.”
TRAINING CAMP SITES AND REPORTING DATES
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AFC |
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TEAM |
SITE |
LOCATION |
ROOKIES |
VETERANS |
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Baltimore |
Under Armour Performance Center |
Owings Mills, MD |
7/19 |
7/26 |
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Buffalo |
St. John Fisher College |
Rochester, NY |
7/26 |
7/26 |
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Cincinnati |
Paul Brown Stadium |
Cincinnati, OH |
7/25 |
7/27 |
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Cleveland |
Cleveland Browns Training Complex |
Berea, OH |
7/23 |
7/26 |
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Denver |
UCHealth Training Center |
Englewood, CO |
7/23 |
7/26 |
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Houston |
The Greenbrier |
White Sulphur Springs, WV |
7/25 |
7/25 |
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Indianapolis |
Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center |
Indianapolis, IN |
7/24 |
7/29 |
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Jacksonville |
Florida Blue Health & Wellness Practice Fields |
Jacksonville, FL |
7/19 |
7/26 |
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Kansas City |
Missouri Western State University |
St. Joseph, MO |
7/24 |
7/27 |
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LA Chargers |
Jack Hammett Sports Complex |
Costa Mesa, CA |
7/29 |
7/29 |
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Miami |
Baptist Health Training Facility |
Davie, FL |
7/20 |
7/26 |
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New England |
Gillette Stadium |
Foxboro, MA |
7/24 |
7/26 |
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NY Jets |
Atlantic Health Jets Training Center |
Florham Park, NJ |
7/28 |
7/28 |
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Oakland |
Napa Valley Marriott |
Napa, CA |
7/24 |
7/28 |
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Pittsburgh |
Saint Vincent College |
Latrobe, PA |
7/27 |
7/27 |
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Tennessee |
Saint Thomas Sports Park |
Nashville, TN |
7/28 |
7/28 |
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NFC |
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TEAM |
SITE |
LOCATION |
ROOKIES |
VETERANS |
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Arizona |
University of Phoenix Stadium |
Glendale, AZ |
7/21 |
7/21 |
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Atlanta |
Atlanta Falcons Training Facility |
Flowery Branch, GA |
7/26 |
7/26 |
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Carolina |
Wofford College |
Spartanburg, SC |
7/25 |
7/25 |
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Chicago |
Olivet Nazarene University |
Bourbonnais, IL |
7/19 |
7/26 |
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Dallas |
Marriott Residence Inn |
Oxnard, CA |
7/19 |
7/22 |
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Detroit |
Detroit Lions Training Facility |
Allen Park, MI |
7/24 |
7/29 |
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Green Bay |
St. Norbert College |
De Pere, WI |
7/26 |
7/26 |
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LA Rams |
University of California, Irvine |
Irvine, CA |
7/26 |
7/28 |
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Minnesota |
Minnesota State University, Mankato |
Mankato, MN |
7/23 |
7/26 |
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New Orleans |
New Orleans Saints Training Facility |
Metairie, LA |
7/19 |
7/26 |
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NY Giants |
Quest Diagnostics Training Center |
East Rutherford, NJ |
7/27 |
7/27 |
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Philadelphia |
NovaCare Training Complex |
Philadelphia, PA |
7/23 |
7/26 |
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San Francisco |
SAP Performance Facility |
Santa Clara, CA |
7/27 |
7/27 |
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Seattle |
Virginia Mason Athletic Center |
Renton, WA |
7/29 |
7/29 |
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Tampa Bay |
One Buccaneer Place |
Tampa, FL |
7/25 |
7/27 |
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Washington |
Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center |
Richmond, VA |
7/26 |
7/26 |
Each club generally holds its first official practice of training camp the day after the veteran reporting date.
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