The Bears will have their entire NFL draft class under contract as rookies report to training camp on Saturday at Halas Hall. No. 39 overall selection Luther Burden III\u2019s deal was the only one unresolved entering Friday, but things have been settled now.<\/p>\n
Team and player agreed to terms of a four-year rookie contract, his agency announced, which will be fully guaranteed over the life of the deal. Such a contract structure wasn\u2019t achieved until this year<\/a>, when a few picks atop the second round received it. That led to a standoff between teams and second-round picks that lasted most of the offseason, though deadlines spurn deals.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve seen a bunch of movement with second-round contracts in recent days, including Bears pacts with second-rounders Ozzy Trapilo and Shemar Turner<\/a> agreed upon Thursday. The Burden deal was seen as trickier, considering his draft slot near the top of the round and his placement just above New Orleans quarterback Tyler Shough. Considering Shough\u2019s status as the Saints\u2019 presumptive starting quarterback, there seemed to he a high likelihood that he\u2019d get a full-guaranteed salary. That would put Burden in a spot to ask for the same.<\/p>\n The Bears gave it to him anyway, without needing the Shough deal for direction or possible leverage. Per ESPN reporter Adam Schefter<\/a>, his deal is worth a fully guaranteed $10.965 million.<\/p>\n