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Vikings sign first-round draft pick Jordan Addison

After the Vikings cleared roughly $10 million in salary cap space by trading Za'Darius Smith to the Browns, they used some of the free space to sign their first-round pick.

The team announced on Wednesday afternoon it had signed wide receiver Jordan Addison to his rookie deal, completing the contract a day after Smith had passed a physical to finalize his trade to Cleveland. The Vikings had previously signed four of their six draft picks, but lacked the cap space to complete Addison's deal until the Smith trade gave them room.

Addison, the 23rd overall pick in the draft out of USC, is in line to make roughly $13.