With the NFL’s rookie wage scale in place, it makes these signings a bit anticlimactic, but every so often we’ll see a draft pick holdout. Just last year, the San Diego Chargers had to wait for Joey Bosa to sign on the dotted line, as they, and his representation, worked out some contract kinks.
The Chicago Bears have yet to have a rookie hold out since the NFL went with slotted contracts. I can’t even remember who the last Bear was that held out. Was it Cedric Benson?
The second overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, Mitchell Trubisky, signed his four year contract earlier today, and according to Spotrac, he’ll make a “fully guaranteed $29 million contract, with a projected $19.