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Lions agree to contract terms with Levi Onwuzurike, 2 fourth-round picks

On the day the Detroit Lions' rookies will begin an extended break ahead of training camp, the team got second-round pick Levi Onwuzurike and fourth-round picks Amon-Ra St. Brown and Derrick Barnes under contract Thursday.

That leaves cornerback Ifeatu Melifonwu as the remaining rookie needing to get a deal done.

Those talks should largely be a formality, given the 2011 collective bargaining agreement implemented a rookie salary scale, which all but eliminated holdouts for first-year players.

Onwuzurike was selected No. 41 overall, while St. Brown and Barnes were taken with back-to-back picks, at Nos. 112 and 113, respectively, on the third day of the draft.