There are less than three weeks until the 2026 NFL Agent Exam, so I thought it appropriate today to write about the best resource on the market, hands down, for preparing for the big day, our study guide, which you can order here. First, a few details.

  • It’s 70 pages. Concise and to the point. No AI fluff. Nothing but the content you need to pass the exam.
  • It arrives as a PDF we email you immediately upon purchase. We try to get orders sent out within an hour, and I, personally, make sure all orders are received. That’s important to me. I know time is of the essence.
  • The first year we offered it was 2013, so it’s been around for more than 10 years. I don’t have exact numbers, but we’ve sold hundreds of them.
  • The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is 500-plus pages, so it’s easy to get bogged down reading it. I always compare studying the CBA to pass the exam to reading a dictionary to learn a language. You may learn terms, but you’ll never get the syntax, how stuff fits together, the examples you need to really grasp things.
  • It really gives a comprehensive overview of the essential info needed to pass the exam. Most students find it helpful to have during the pre-exam Zoom sessions the NFLPA hosts the week before the test. Rather than trying to scribble or type furiously as they’re going over things, you’ve already got a pretty good summation right there in front of you.
  • The CBA gets updated every year — mostly tightening a few things up and adding something here or there — so we update ours, too. It’s all contemporary with the NFLPA’s latest CBA tweak, which was in 2020.

When we first started offering our study guide, I was a little reluctant. Could I really stand behind a manual I didn’t write, didn’t know, wasn’t sure about? I can tell you that those questions have been answered, in spades, in the years since. A couple weeks ago in the Friday Wrap, several of last year’s test-takers who worked with us gave their advice on passing, and there were numerous spontaneous, on-the-record testimonials for the study guide. Here are a few:

  • “I re-wrote my own version of every section of ITL’s study guide in a separate notebook. Twice. Writing crystallizes your thinking. So write, write, write. Get as many reps in as possible, even if you think you know it.” – Winston Venable, Venable Sports Group
  • “The best advice I have would be the exam is straight forward, memorize the info on the study guide, work through the practice tests a whole bunch, and you will be fine.” – Matt Baldeck (independent)
  • “I think for me in the last month, I focused my time on watching and/or rewatching Ian’s videos, reviewing the study guide, and taking every practice test I could find. I did not spend much time, if any, reviewing the CBA.” – Lane Macaluso, Macaluso Law

The rave reviews didn’t end last year. “Been using the study guide and exam tool — helping a ton,” texted one of this year’s aspiring contract advisors. “The study guide has been a huge help and a solid basis for the outline I’ll carry with me on test day,” texted another.

I urge you to give our study guide a try. It’s the best decision you can make if you want to pass the exam. You won’t be sorry if you pick it up.