The Titans of Tennessee Cam Ward’s quarters signed its recruit contract, which is estimated at $ 48.7 million over four years.
THE Titans announced the agreement Wednesday, weeks after selecting Ward in Miami with the choice n ° 1 at the NFL recovery.
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The contract is fully guaranteed and is delivered with A signing bonus of $ 32.1 million. The Titans will have a fifth year option on the agreement which is accompanied by all the first round contracts.
“It’s a blessing,” said Ward, according to the Titans. “I’m ready to go to work.”
Cam Ward is officially a titan from Tennessee. (Steve Roberts-Imagn images)
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There was little room for negotiations for Ward or any other recruit from the NFL. According to the collective agreement of the NFL, the recruit contracts are fixed on a scale according to the place where the players are selected.
In comparison, Cleveland Browns Shemer Sanders quarter-rear signed for four years and $ 4.6 million on Monday. Sanders was presented once as a prospect of the overall choice n ° 1 before the pre-Rôti reports and evaluations indicated that it would not be selected. His slide towards the fifth round and the 144th choice were superb and came with a precipitated drop in the value of his contract.
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Although there was a debate in the months preceding the draft on which would go first on the whole, it became clear in the weeks preceding the first round on April 24 that Ward was the choice.
Blessed with high -end athletics, good size (6 feet 2 inches, 219 pounds) and a big arm, Ward was a finalist of the Heisman Trophy and widely evaluated as the clear perspective n ° 1 before the project. And the titans needed a quarter.
The only other quarter-Arrière taken in the first round was Jaxson Dart with the 25th choice for the New York Giants. The location of the DART project is delivered with a contract of $ 16.9 million over four years.
