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Rookie minicamps open today across the league, but not for Jeff Fisher. That word has too much meaning, too many connotations. No, this weekend the St. Louis Rams will hold their rookie "orientation" for at least 24 prospective Rams in Earth City. A rose by any other name...
It's a "here's how we do things, here's how you do things" session mostly, or as Nick Wagoner put it:
In years past, Fisher has discussed using the first weekend with rookies to show them how the Rams like to do things, including meetings, practice and more. The on-field portion of the work is essentially no more than a glorified conditioning session intended to get the rookies up to speed before they join the veterans.
Glorified, indeed. Per Jim Thomas, here are the 24 confirmed rookies in attendance with perhaps some unidentified players coming in for tryouts to try and pull a UDFA contract:
| Name | POS | School | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Gurley | RB | Georgia | 1st round pick |
| Rob Havenstein | OT | Wisconsin | 2nd round pick |
| Jamon Brown | OT | Louisville | 3rd round pick |
| Sean Mannion | QB | Oregon St. | 3rd round pick |
| Andrew Donnal | OT | Iowa | 4th round pick |
| Bud Sasser | WR | Missouri | 6th round pick |
| Cody Wichmann | OG | Fresno St. | 6th round pick |
| Bryce Hager | LB | Baylor | 7th round pick |
| Martin Ifedi | DE | Memphis | 7th round pick |
| Malcolm Brown | RB | Texas | UDFA |
| Imoan Claiborne | CB | Northwestern St. (La.) | UDFA |
| Isiah Ferguson | WR | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | UDFA |
| Terrence Franks | RB | Texas St. | UDFA |
| Montell Garner | CB | South Alabama | UDFA |
| Jacob Hagen | S | Liberty | UDFA |
| Jay Hughes | S | Mississippi St. | UDFA |
| Zach Laskey | FB | Georgia Tech | UDFA |
| Matt Longacre | DE | Northwest Missouri St. | UDFA |
| Cameron Lynch | LB | Syracuse | UDFA |
| Keshaun Malone | LB | Bacone | UDFA |
| Bradley Marquez | WR | Texas Tech | UDFA |
| Tyler Slavin | WR | New Mexico Highlands | UDFA |
| Louis Trinca-Pasat | DT | Iowa | UDFA |
| Darrell Williams | OT | South Florida | UDFA |