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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Titans quarterback Cam Ward has signed his rookie contract.
Ward represented himself within the negotiations for the deal, which is value $48.7 million {dollars} over 4 years and absolutely assured. Like all first-round picks, his contract additionally features a fifth-year possibility.
The Titans chosen Ward with the No.1 decide within the draft final month. Ward was on the sphere for rookie minicamp and OTAs regardless of not having a deal in place on the time. He has already established himself as a frontrunner with the workforce.
“It is the management skill and the best way he is in a position to make these round him higher.” Titans coach Brian Callahan has stated of Ward. “The blokes that transcend have a novel skill to attach with their teammates after which elevate the extent of everybody round them.”
Callahan is coming off a 3-14 end in his first 12 months because the Titans’ coach. Tennessee hopes Callahan’s earlier expertise working with quarterbacks will assist Ward’s improvement. Since coming into the NFL in 2010, Callahan has coached quarterbacks Peyton Manning, Matthew Stafford, Derek Carr, and Joe Burrow.
Tennessee signed veteran free agent backups Kyle Allen and Tim Boyle in March. The Titans’ quarterback room at the moment consists of Ward, Allen, Boyle and Will Levis, who has two years left on his rookie contract after being chosen with the thirty third decide in 2023.
Ward, who was a zero-star recruit out of highschool and commenced his collegiate profession at Incarnate Phrase, is the primary No. 1 general decide that performed FCS soccer since 1979. His five-year school profession included two seasons at Incarnate Phrase, two at Washington State and one at Miami. He set the profession mixed FCS (71) and FBS (87) report with 158 landing passes.
