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Jeff Legwold
Rookie cornerback Jahdae Barron reported to coaching camp with different Denver Broncos rookies Wednesday after reaching settlement on a contract, leaving Shemar Stewart as the one unsigned first-round decide from April’s draft.
Barron, chosen at No. 20 by the Broncos, agreed to a four-year deal value simply over $18 million that included a signing bonus of $9.8 million, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Broncos privately had little concern about Barron’s deal getting carried out as the 2 sides had hung out in negotiations over the fee schedule of his signing bonus.
Stewart was chosen at No. 17 by the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Broncos’ rookies reported for coaching camp Wednesday on the crew’s south suburban Denver complicated, and the crew’s veterans are scheduled to report subsequent Tuesday. The one unsigned draft decide for the Broncos is operating again RJ Harvey, who like a lot of the second-rounders this yr has not agreed to a deal.
Barron — who performed a number of positions at Texas together with cornerback, nickel and security, in addition to linebacker in some specialty packages — spent a lot of the Broncos’ offseason program strictly at nook as coach Sean Payton mentioned he believed that was greatest approach to get him acclimated.
However Barron figures for use in quite a lot of methods within the protection if he continues to be a fast research within the scheme.
“If you watch his recreation in school, you see a really clever participant, you see a man who performed a number of positions in school,” defensive coordinator Vance Joseph mentioned in minicamp final month. “… He is a really mature, sensible soccer participant. … His ball expertise, his mix exercise … your entire course of was actually buttoned up. He was a can’t-miss prospect for us.”
“[He’s] tremendous sensible, I might say that’s the very first thing,” Broncos security Brandon Jones mentioned. “Particularly from a rookie. You at all times ask loads of questions as a rookie, however he asks the suitable questions — very wanting to study, tremendous athletic clearly.”
Barron performed in 55 video games in his profession at Texas with 37 begins. He gained the Jim Thorpe Award final season after racking up 67 tackles, 5 interceptions and 11 cross breakups. He had 11 tackles within the crew’s win over Arizona State in the course of the Faculty Soccer Playoff.
9News in Denver first reported Barron’s contract settlement.
