When is 2023 NFL Free Agency?

Wondering when free agency begins in the 2023 offseason? Here are all the important dates NFL fans need to know regarding when teams can extend their own players, and when they can go out and get new weapons to improve their stock for 2023-2024.

March 15 (before 4:00pm ET):

• Qualifying offers to restricted free agents must be given (if no offer is given, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent).





• Teams must be under the salary cap.

March 14 (4:00pm ET):

• New league year begins.





• If free agents agreed to a deal with a new team before free agency officially began, those contracts can be signed.
• All free agents can officially sign with new teams.

April 3:

• Only teams that have hired a new head coach start offseason workouts.

April 27-29:

• 2023 NFL Draft

May 5-8 or May 12-15:

• Teams can hold a three-day minicamp in one of the above two date ranges.

Stay tuned for more breaking NFL content, including midseason moves, contract updates and more news from every team.

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