Rookie Bonus Info

Here is some interesting info on UDFA bonus money from Brian McIntyre of Yahoo.

NFL teams could spend a maximum of $78,170 in signing bonuses on undrafted rookie free agents this offseason, but there are no limits to the amount of guaranteed money teams can include in the standard three-year contracts signed by undrafted free agents. Seven NFL teams have spent more than the $78,170 signing bonus maximum in guaranteed money, with New England leading the way by spending $140,000 in guaranteed money on their undrafted free agents.

The Cowboys ($104,500), Rams ($103,100), Tampa Bay Buccaneers ($94,670) and New Orleans Saints ($88,500) round out the top five in guaranteed money on rookie free agents. The Jacksonville Jaguars ($86,000) and Philadelphia Eagles ($82,000) have also exceeded the signing bonus limit.

McIntyre says in the piece that RB Miguel Maysonet got the third highest bonus from the Eagles at $10,000.  I hit him up on Twitter to find out who was first and second.

The bonus doesn’t guarantee you anything, as we saw with Maysonet, but it does let you know who the team wanted the most.

Wing will have a legit chance to win the punting job. He and Donnie Jones will battle it out all spring/summer.

Knott is a player the scouts were very high on. I’m very interested in seeing him in Training Camp. Knott was a playmaker at Iowa State. His big challenge will be learning to shed blocks. In college he was able to run around blockers and still make plays. That won’t work in the NFL.

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  2. Arby says:

    Great info and glad to see the Eagles being ‘penny wise’. A great way to gamble on finding a diamond in the rough.

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