One More Peek At First Round Signings

Teams were signing draft picks at a rapid rate in May. The Minnesota Vikings had seven of the their eight drafted players under contract in the first week following the completion of the draft. Only first round pick Mike Hughes was left unsigned. He remains unsigned. The Los Angeles did their now routine thing of putting their rookies through some teaching lessons and then signing all of them at once. This year was made a little easier seeing as the Rams had no first round picks. Or second round picks. May brought a flurry of rookie signings. It's fallen to a trickle in June. No first round pick has signed since defensive backs Minkah Fitzpatrick and Derwin James signed on June 1. Two weeks of first round signing inaction. Those two signings left exactly half of the first round picks unsigned. Perhaps that's on par with recent signing rates but two weeks of inactivity makes it feel slow. Perhaps there's a signing push since nearly all of the 32 teams are now on their pre-training camp break. Who knows? I do know that rookie holdouts are quite rare under the current CBA. There will be another flurry of first round signings over the next month.

Here's a peek at the first round signing tracker.

1.   Cleveland Browns-Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma
2.   New York Giants-Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State
3.   New York Jets-Sam Darnold, QB, USC
4.   Cleveland Browns-Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State
5.   Denver Broncos-Bradley Chubb, DE, North Carolina State
6.   Indianapolis Colts-Quenton Nelson, G, Notre Dame-Signed
7.   Buffalo Bills-Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming
8.   Chicago Bears-Roquan Smith, LB, Georgia
9.   San Francisco 49ers-Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame
10. Arizona Cardinals-Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA-Signed
11. Miami Dolphins-Minkah Fitzpatrick, S, Alabama-Signed
12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Vita Vea, DT, Washington-Signed
13. Washington Redskins-Da'Ron Payne, DT, Alabama-Signed
14. New Orleans Saints-Marcus Davenport, DE, UTSA-Signed
15. Oakland Raiders-Kolton Miller, OT, UCLA-Signed
16. Buffalo Bills-Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech-Signed
17. Los Angeles Chargers-Derwin James, S, Florida State-Signed
18. Green Bay Packers-Jaire Alexander, CB, Louisville-Signed
19. Dallas Cowboys-Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State-Signed
20. Detroit Lions-Frank Ragnow, C/G, Arkansas-Signed
21. Cincinnati Bengals-Billy Price, G, Ohio State-Signed
22. Tennessee Titans-Rashaan Evans, LB, Alabama-Signed
23. New England Patriots-Isaiah Wynn, G/T, Georgia
24. Carolina Panthers-DJ Moore, WR, Maryland
25. Baltimore Ravens-Hayden Hurst, TE, South Carolina
26. Atlanta Falcons-Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama
27. Seattle Seahawks-Rashaad Penny, RB, San Diego State-Signed
28. Pittsburgh Steelers-Terrell Edmonds, S, Virginia Tech
29. Jacksonville Jaguars-Taven Bryan, DT, Florida
30. Minnesota Vikings-Mike Hughes, CB, Central Florida
31. New England Patriots-Sony Michel, RB, Georgia
32. Baltimore Ravens-Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville-Signed