I am not sure why more teams don’t do this.
There is only so much you can learn on the field during rookie camp, so might as well spend the time making sure your draft picks and rookie free agents understand the pitfalls of being an NFL player.
The Miami Herald has the details.
The Miami Dolphins will have their eight draft picks and 10 undrafted free agents in town beginning Thursday, and rookie minicamp will go from Friday to Sunday. And the rookies will not touch the field at the team’s training facility once during those three days.
Instead Dolphins rookies will spend all their time during this minicamp in classroom sessions learning how to be Miami Dolphins. That means they’re going to get schooled on the schemes they’re playing, their assignments, and everything football that involves the brain.
But they’re also going to get a little polished up as people. They’re going to get life labs to help them with nutrition, financial planning, sports science, and dealing with the media — the last of which is a big part of their job believe it or not.
I don’t know if this will help the Dolphins on the field, but it might help the players not to get caught up in a Tunsil situation.