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The Seattle Seahawks are scheduled to report to training camp next week. Meanwhile rookie second-round picks Nick Emmanwori and Elijah Arroyo have yet to sign their rookie deals over a league-wide dispute in guaranteed money in second-round contracts.
Los Angeles Chargers rookie wide receiver Tre Harris' training camp holdout over a contract dispute reportedly ended on Thursday.
The holdout is over for Los Angeles Chargers rookie wide receiver Tre Harris as training camp gets underway. Harris ended the brief holdout after a few other second-round picks around the NFL agreed to contracts of their own. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Harris agreed to terms with the Chargers and will sign his rookie contract.
Until Wednesday, only two of the 32 second-round picks had signed their deals, though Harris was the only official holdout.
The saga of many the second-round picks in the 2025 NFL draft not having signed their contracts could be coming to an end after Alfred Collins, the No. 43 overall selection, agreed to his rookie deal with the San Francisco 49ers.
There’s not much to negotiate in a rookie deal, but players — specifically those selected in the second round — are trying to lock in guaranteed money.
NFL teams are beginning to finish rookie contracts with their second-round draft picks, and Chargers wide receiver Tre Harris is finally getting his deal done today as his team opens training camp.
Emmanwori is the trigger man on the league’s impasse with second-rounders. There are 25 other teams with 29 second-round picks other than Seattle’s all waiting to see what Seahawks general manager John Schneider does with Emmanwori’s deal.
Amid an unusual contract dispute, the Texas A&M pass rusher has options about how to proceed — though some might not be easy to execute.