The Cleveland Browns just signed rookie safety Larry Asante to a standard four-year contract on Wednesday night. In order to earn more than the $1.96 million contract salary, Asante will have to work hard to compete for playing time in the Browns’ secondary. It won’t be a big problem to the fifth-round draft pick, who was starters at Nebraska.
During his college football career, Asante started totally 36 games. However, he did not attract much attention from his favorite team New Orleans Saints during the three-day NFL 2010 Draft. He was finally drafted by the lowly ranked team Browns in fifth round. Instead of regretting for missing the chance to put on Saints jersey, Asante is now looking forward to his rookie season and expects to improve the Brown’s defense as much as he can.
By signing his first NFL career contract, Asante got paid $170,000 as signing bonus. Incentives for earning more than base salary have not been released. But quite a few Browns officials are optimistic that it won’t take long for Asante to grab the starting job.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Rookie RB McKnight received lucrative contract from Jets
The New York Jets made announcement on Tuesday that they have signed fourth-round draft pick, rookie running back Joe McKnight to a four-year contract that will pay McKnight a total base salary of nearly $2.36 million. The deal was considered a rare one a rookie can receive from his first NFL team.
Growing up as a faithful New Orleans Saints fan, McKnight previously hoped to join the defending champion team and put on the number 8 that used to be on his beloved Archie Manning jersey. However, he ended up wearing 25 with the Jets. So the big contract could also be signed to prevent McKnight from signing with another team. Although he was drafted 112th overall, McKnight’s performance during college was rather impressive. He rushed for 2,213 career yards at USC with 13 touchdowns and 66 catches for 542 yards.
It was weird McKnight was not picked by other team in higher round, and the Jets were really lucky. They may feel so and that was why they are willing to the rookie a base salary of $320,000 in his first season. Good player is worth good price.
Growing up as a faithful New Orleans Saints fan, McKnight previously hoped to join the defending champion team and put on the number 8 that used to be on his beloved Archie Manning jersey. However, he ended up wearing 25 with the Jets. So the big contract could also be signed to prevent McKnight from signing with another team. Although he was drafted 112th overall, McKnight’s performance during college was rather impressive. He rushed for 2,213 career yards at USC with 13 touchdowns and 66 catches for 542 yards.
It was weird McKnight was not picked by other team in higher round, and the Jets were really lucky. They may feel so and that was why they are willing to the rookie a base salary of $320,000 in his first season. Good player is worth good price.
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