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The Jacksonville Jaguars have announced their offseason workouts, OTA practices, and training camp schedules for the 2016 offseason. It's almost here!
According to Ryan O'Halloran of the Florida Times-Union, the offseason starts in less than three weeks.
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— Ryan O'Halloran (@ryanohalloran) April 1, 2016
Start: April 18
Mandatory mini-camp: June 14-16#roadtohouston
O'Halloran outlines the rest of the dates are below:
Phase One (starts April 18): The first two weeks of the off-season, limited to strength and conditioning and physical rehabilitation only.
Phase Two: The next three weeks -- on-field workouts may include individual player instruction and team drills. No live contact or team offense vs. team defense drills permitted.
Phase Three: The final four weeks – teams can conduct 10 organized team activity workouts (OTA practices). 7-on-7, 9-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills are permitted, but no contact. The wrap-up is a mandatory mini-camp, the only mandatory part of the off-season program.
OTA practices: These practices are voluntary, but the Jaguars have had regular perfect attendance the last three off-seasons with the exception of Chris Clemons in 2014 and 2015.
Monday, May 23; Tuesday, May 24; Thursday, May 26; Tuesday, May 31; Thursday, June 2; Friday, June 3; Monday, June 6, Tuesday, June 7; Thursday, June 9; and Friday, June 10.
Mandatory mini-camp: These practices are mandatory.
Tuesday, June 14; Wednesday, June 15; and Thursday, June 16.
*Teams can also hold a rookie development program for a period of seven weeks, beginning no earlier than May 9.