Atlanta will receive $125,000 right away and another $150,000, should Tubbs meet performance thresholds, which were not disclosed by the teams. Atlanta would also receive a percentage of any transfer fee, should D.C. sell Tubbs’s rights overseas.
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Homegrown candidates are typically exempt from the draft. Tubbs, a 6-foot-3 center back, made 68 appearances, including 66 starts, in four seasons at Wake Forest.
This past season, he was named the ACC defensive player of the year, a first-team all-American and one of three finalists for the Hermann Trophy, awarded on Jan.