The Seattle Seahawks’ first draft choose is the primary to signal his rookie contract.
On Friday the workforce introduced that defensive sort out Byron Murphy II, this yr’s No. 16 general choice, has agreed to the usual four-year contract (with a fifth-year choice) for first-round picks. He signed his deal following the top of Friday’s rookie minicamp observe.
NFL insider Tom Pelissero notes that Murphy’s contract is value $16,083,122. For the reason that CBA modified the rookie wage scale in 2011, this has usually been a drama-free process. Contracts are pre-determined by draft place, so the wiggle room for negotiating is as minimal as could be.
Final season the Seahawks did have a slight situation with Devon Witherspoon, who was the final rookie of the 2023 class to signal his contract. There was a little bit of a hold-up over the fee schedule of his signing bonus. Groups usually choose to defer these signing bonuses in later years.
The Seahawks might want to create some cap area to get all of their draft picks beneath contract, which John Schneider acknowledged.
Seahawks will probably be $1.3 million over the cap as soon as they signal their draft picks, through John Schneider says on Seattle Sports activities 710 “we’re fairly tight” towards the cap. However he says they’ve deliberate for tactics to create the area they want….
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) Could 2, 2024
With pen to paper, we are able to formally say that Byron Murphy is a Seattle Seahawk!
