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Undrafted bonuses
Among the 16 rookie free agents signed by the Rams after the draft, Iowa defensive tackle Louis Trinca-Pasat received the largest signing bonus — $15,000. A total of $25,000 overall is guaranteed in his deal.
All of these undrafted rookie deals are three-year contracts with minimum base salaries each year. So depending on the size of the signing bonuses, they range in potential value from $1.575 million to $1.590 million. Assuming, of course, the players make the team.
With the exception of former Afghanistan war hero Daniel Rodriguez, the Clemson wide receiver who didn’t sign until after a successful tryout at the Rams’ rookie orientation, every undrafted rookie received a little something extra from the team.
The signing bonuses ranged from $1,000 to Trinca-Pasat’s $15,000. It’s not much money in the grand scheme of things, but signing rookie free agents is very competitive in the initial hours after the draft, and every little bit helps.
Each team is allowed a maximum of $86,000 in signing bonus money for undrafted rookies. There were times in previous regimes when the Rams didn’t spend a penny of bonus money on rookie free agents — and as a result missed out on some of the better ones. But the team spent $64,500 this year — they held out some of the $86,000 at the time in hope of landing a couple of other prospects who ended up going elsewhere.
Besides Trinca-Pasat, the other top signing bonuses for undrafted Rams rookies went to Texas running back Malcolm Brown ($8,500); South Florida offensive tackle Darrell Williams ($7,500); Texas Tech wide receiver Bradley Marquez ($6,500); and Northwestern (La.) State cornerback Imoan Claiborne ($5,000).
Barksdale contract
The now former Rams right tackle, Joe Barksdale, signed a one-year, $1.1 million free-agent contract with the San Diego Chargers last week. It has a $350,000 signing bonus and a $745,000 base salary. Barksdale’s base salary is the minimum for a player with four to six years NFL experience.
Incentives tied to playing time can add $1 million more to Barksdale’s total, putting the overall value at $2.1 million. Even so, that’s less than the Rams were offering at the start of free agency, according to team sources.
It’s clear that Barksdale overestimated his market value.
Still looking
With Barksdale’s departure, only two of the eight Rams unrestricted free agents from early March remain without jobs: offensive guard Davin Joseph and linebacker Will Herring.
The Rams re-signed wide receiver Kenny Britt and tight end Lance Kendricks. Others to sign elsewhere were quarterback Shaun Hill (Minnesota), offensive lineman Mike Person (Atlanta) and defensive tackle Alex Carrington (Buffalo)
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/foot...cle_39984689-79b3-55e0-b5e0-ab66785e9b10.html
Undrafted bonuses
Among the 16 rookie free agents signed by the Rams after the draft, Iowa defensive tackle Louis Trinca-Pasat received the largest signing bonus — $15,000. A total of $25,000 overall is guaranteed in his deal.
All of these undrafted rookie deals are three-year contracts with minimum base salaries each year. So depending on the size of the signing bonuses, they range in potential value from $1.575 million to $1.590 million. Assuming, of course, the players make the team.
With the exception of former Afghanistan war hero Daniel Rodriguez, the Clemson wide receiver who didn’t sign until after a successful tryout at the Rams’ rookie orientation, every undrafted rookie received a little something extra from the team.
The signing bonuses ranged from $1,000 to Trinca-Pasat’s $15,000. It’s not much money in the grand scheme of things, but signing rookie free agents is very competitive in the initial hours after the draft, and every little bit helps.
Each team is allowed a maximum of $86,000 in signing bonus money for undrafted rookies. There were times in previous regimes when the Rams didn’t spend a penny of bonus money on rookie free agents — and as a result missed out on some of the better ones. But the team spent $64,500 this year — they held out some of the $86,000 at the time in hope of landing a couple of other prospects who ended up going elsewhere.
Besides Trinca-Pasat, the other top signing bonuses for undrafted Rams rookies went to Texas running back Malcolm Brown ($8,500); South Florida offensive tackle Darrell Williams ($7,500); Texas Tech wide receiver Bradley Marquez ($6,500); and Northwestern (La.) State cornerback Imoan Claiborne ($5,000).
Barksdale contract
The now former Rams right tackle, Joe Barksdale, signed a one-year, $1.1 million free-agent contract with the San Diego Chargers last week. It has a $350,000 signing bonus and a $745,000 base salary. Barksdale’s base salary is the minimum for a player with four to six years NFL experience.
Incentives tied to playing time can add $1 million more to Barksdale’s total, putting the overall value at $2.1 million. Even so, that’s less than the Rams were offering at the start of free agency, according to team sources.
It’s clear that Barksdale overestimated his market value.
Still looking
With Barksdale’s departure, only two of the eight Rams unrestricted free agents from early March remain without jobs: offensive guard Davin Joseph and linebacker Will Herring.
The Rams re-signed wide receiver Kenny Britt and tight end Lance Kendricks. Others to sign elsewhere were quarterback Shaun Hill (Minnesota), offensive lineman Mike Person (Atlanta) and defensive tackle Alex Carrington (Buffalo)
