{"id":216359,"date":"2025-07-18T08:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T08:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/216359\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T08:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T08:22:15","slug":"broncos-agree-to-terms-with-second-round-rb-rj-harvey-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/216359\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos agree to terms with second-round RB RJ Harvey, source says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blockade is clearing.<\/p>\n<p>For two months, since 2025 No. 33 pick Carson Schwesigner and No. 34 pick Jayden Higgins signed fully-guaranteed rookie deals, the rest of the NFL\u2019s second-round class has looked to the top of the round to see who\u2019d blink first in contract negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>And as a standoff between agents and front offices over guaranteed money continued into the start of some teams\u2019 training camps \u2014 including the Broncos\u2019 \u2014 Denver\u2019s second-round pick, RJ Harvey, still floated in a void he didn\u2019t create.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, though, Denver agreed to terms with Harvey, a source confirmed to The Denver Post. It\u2019s a standard four-year rookie deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/97859\/rj-harvey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at his slot value of $7.36 million, with a signing bonus of $1.99 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After first-round pick Jahdae Barron\u2019s deal got done Tuesday night, the Broncos\u2019 rookie class is now all accounted for, after rookies were required to report for camp Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>As agents across the league negotiated for bigger slices of guaranteed money, following unprecedented fully-guaranteed deals for Schwesinger and Higgins, NFL Network reported that Chargers second-round pick Tre Harris didn\u2019t report for the start of Los Angeles\u2019 training camp Saturday. That set in motion the possibility of a holding pattern for second-rounders, with more teams requiring rookies to report this week.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, though, ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45759250\/sources-49ers-give-rookie-dt-alfred-collins-9m-guaranteed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported the San Francisco 49ers had officially signed No. 43 pick Alfred Collins<\/a>, which has since opened the floodgates as a precedent-setter for second-rounders below. After Schwesigner and Higgins signed fully guaranteed, ESPN reported Collins received close to 90% of his deal guaranteed, an inflated number for a mid-second-round rookie deal.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey would\u2019ve only missed a day of Broncos camp amid the league-wide standoff. Denver now officially has a key member of its rookie class locked up, with the back widely impressing across offseason activities and set to be a major piece in Sean Payton\u2019s offensive plans for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.denverpost.com\/dp\/preference\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Want more Broncos news? Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: July 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM MDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The blockade is clearing. 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