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12	September 2018

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The days of lengthy training camp holdouts for draft picks has long since passed (unless you�re Joey Bosa) given the current rookie contract slotting system in place with the current Collective Bargaining Agreement. Just three weeks since the NFL Draft came to an end Kerry Wynn Jersey , the vast majority of draft picks have already signed their rookie contract.

As of Thursday night, 180 of the 256 players drafted had signed their rookie contracts, according to the league transaction reports.

There are a few notable quirks to the players that remain unsigned.

There are currently more third-round picks without contracts (24) than first-round picks (22).

The Los Angeles Rams and Miami Dolphins account for 19 of the remaining unsigned players as neither team has inked a single draft pick to a rookie contract at this point.

Three teams � the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles � have signed their entire draft classes. Another 11 teams (Atlanta, Carolina, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, LA Chargers, Minnesota, New Orleans Mitchell Schwartz Jersey , Seattle, Tennessee and Washington) have just one pick yet to be signed.

Indianapolis Colts guard Quenton Nelson (6th overall) and Arizona Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen (10th overall) are the highest picks to have signed their rookie contracts.

Below is the list of players still unsigned, first listed by draft position, then by team.

By draft order:

RoundPickTeamPlayer11Cleveland BrownsBaker Mayfield12New York GiantsSaquon Barkley13New York JetsSam Darnold14Cleveland BrownsDenzel Ward15Denver BroncosBradley Chubb17Buffalo BillsJosh Allen18Chicago BearsRoquan Smith19San Francisco 49ersMike McGlinchey111Miami DolphinsMinkah Fitzpatrick112Tampa Bay BuccaneersVita Vea115Oakland RaidersKolton Miller117Los Angeles ChargersDerwin James121Cincinnati BengalsBilly Price123New England PatriotsIsaiah Wynn124Carolina PanthersD.J. Moore125Baltimore RavensHayden Hurst126Atlanta FalconsCalvin Ridley128Pittsburgh SteelersTerrell Edmunds129Jacksonville JaguarsTaven Bryan130Minnesota VikingsMike Hughes131New England PatriotsSony Michel132Baltimore RavensLamar Jackson235Cleveland BrownsNick Chubb236Indianapolis ColtsDarius Leonard237Indianapolis ColtsBraden Smith238Tampa Bay BuccaneersRonald Jones II241Tennessee TitansHarold Landry242Miami DolphinsMike Gesicki244San Francisco 49ersDante Pettis246Kansas City ChiefsBreeland Speaks247Arizona CardinalsChristian Kirk261Jacksonville JaguarsD.J. Chark263Tampa Bay BuccaneersCarlton Davis365Oakland RaidersBrandon Parker367Cleveland BrownsChad Thomas369New York GiantsB.J. Hill370San Francisco 49ersFred Warner371Denver BroncosRoyce Freeman372New York JetsNathan Shepherd373Miami DolphinsJerome Baker374Washington RedskinsGeron Christian375Kansas City ChiefsDerrick Nnadi376Pittsburgh SteelersMason Rudolph377Cincinnati BengalsSam Hubbard378Cincinnati BengalsMalik Jefferson379Seattle SeahawksRasheem Green380Houston TexansMartinas Rankin381Dallas CowboysMichael Gallup387Oakland RaidersArden Key389Los Angeles RamsJoseph Noteboom391New Orleans SaintsTre'Quan Smith392Pittsburgh SteelersChukwuma Okorafor393Jacksonville JaguarsRonnie Harrison396Buffalo BillsHarrison Phillips397Arizona CardinalsMason Cole399Denver BroncosIsaac Yiadom3100Kansas City ChiefsDorian O'Daniel4105Cleveland BrownsAntonio Callaway4107New York JetsChristopher Herndon4110Oakland RaidersNick Nelson4111Los Angeles RamsBrian Allen4123Miami DolphinsDurham Smythe4131Miami DolphinsKalen Ballage4135Los Angeles RamsJohn Franklin-Myer5139New York GiantsR.J. McIntosh5147Los Angeles RamsMicah Kiser5160Los Angeles RamsOgbonnia Okoronkwo6176Los Angeles RamsJohn Kelly6192Los Angeles RamsJamil Demby6195Los Angeles RamsSebastian Joseph6205Los Angeles RamsTrevon Young6209Miami DolphinsCornell Armstrong7227Miami DolphinsQuentin Poling7229Miami DolphinsJason Sanders7231Los Angeles RamsTravin Howard7244Los Angeles RamsJustin Lawler
By team:

RoundPickTeamPlayer247Arizona CardinalsChristian Kirk397Arizona CardinalsMason Cole126Atlanta FalconsCalvin Ridley125Baltimore RavensHayden Hurst132Baltimore RavensLamar Jackson17Buffalo BillsJosh Allen396Buffalo BillsHarrison Phillips124Carolina PanthersD.J. Moore18Chicago BearsRoquan Smith121Cincinnati BengalsBilly Price377Cincinnati BengalsSam Hubbard378Cincinnati BengalsMalik Jefferson11Cleveland BrownsBaker Mayfield14Cleveland BrownsDenzel Ward235Cleveland BrownsNick Chubb367Cleveland BrownsChad Thomas4105Cleveland BrownsAntonio Callaway381Dallas CowboysMichael Gallup15Denver BroncosBradley Chubb371Denver BroncosRoyce Freeman399Denver BroncosIsaac Yiadom380Houston TexansMartinas Rankin236Indianapolis ColtsDarius Leonard237Indianapolis ColtsBraden Smith129Jacksonville JaguarsTaven Bryan261Jacksonville JaguarsD.J. Chark393Jacksonville JaguarsRonnie Harrison246Kansas City ChiefsBreeland Speaks375Kansas City ChiefsDerrick Nnadi3100Kansas City ChiefsDorian O�Daniel117Los Angeles ChargersDerwin James389Los Angeles RamsJoseph Noteboom4111Los Angeles RamsBrian Allen4135Los Angeles RamsJohn Franklin-Myer5147Los Angeles RamsMicah Kiser5160Los Angeles RamsOgbonnia Okoronkwo6176Los Angeles RamsJohn Kelly6192Los Angeles RamsJamil Demby6195Los Angeles RamsSebastian Joseph6205Los Angeles RamsTrevon Young7231Los Angeles RamsTravin Howard7244Los Angeles RamsJustin Lawler111Miami DolphinsMinkah Fitzpatrick242Miami DolphinsMike Gesicki373Miami DolphinsJerome Baker4123Miami DolphinsDurham Smythe4131Miami DolphinsKalen Ballage6209Miami DolphinsCornell Armstrong7227Miami DolphinsQuentin Poling7229Miami DolphinsJason Sanders130Minnesota VikingsMike Hughes123New England PatriotsIsaiah Wynn131New England PatriotsSony Michel391New Orleans SaintsTre�Quan Smith12New York GiantsSaquon Barkley369New York GiantsB.J. Hill5139New York GiantsR.J. McIntosh13New York JetsSam Darnold372New York JetsNathan Shepherd4107New York JetsChristopher Herndon115Oakland RaidersKolton Miller365Oakland RaidersBrandon Parker3 Ask Leighton Vander Esch about his improbable path from eight-man high school football to first-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys, and the rookie linebacker is quick with a retort of never being fazed by brighter lights or bigger cities.

Ask the former Boise State walk-on what he does to relax, and Vander Esch stares silently as his smile grows.

"Uh," he said Friday, the first day of rookie minicamp. "I don't even know."

Maybe that helps explain his rise to Mountain West Conference defensive player of the year and his showing at the combine and other workouts that stood out to new Dallas linebackers coach Ben Bloom. The Cowboys drafted Vander Esch 19th overall two weeks ago.

"It's kind of hard for me to relax, honestly," said Vander Esch, who signed an $11.8 million Calvin Munson Jersey , four-year deal later Friday. "At this point, expectations are so high there's no time to relax. There's no days off. You've just got to keep trucking away."

Linebacker was one of the primary needs for Dallas going into the draft because of Sean Lee's history of injuries, Jaylon Smith's continuing recovery from a serious college knee injury and Anthony Hitchens' departure in free agency.

The Cowboys hadn't drafted a linebacker in the first round since Bobby Carpenter 12 years ago in almost the same spot (18th). Carpenter didn't get a second contract, leaving Dallas after four years in a career that ended after seven seasons. He never had more than 37 tackles.

Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli is already talking rotation with Lee, Smith and Vander Esch for two spots. If Lee stays healthy, that's more likely to mean shared time between Vander Esch and Smith, a second-round pick in 2016.

Smith didn't play as a rookie while recovering from the devastating injury during his final game at Notre Dame and was inconsistent last season, particularly early in the year when he was playing more than expected after Hitchens injured a knee in the preseason.

"We're going to play the best guys," Bloom said. "Everybody linebacker in the room has the ability to play at least two positions. We'll get the best guys on the field and they'll be asked to have multiple positions."

Lee's best fit is weakside linebacker, but he's missed at least one game because of injury in seven of his eight seasons. The only exception was his All-Pro year in 2016.

Vander Esch considers himself a middle linebacker and flatly denied a report from before the draft that a neck injury sustained at Boise had prompted some NFL teams to downgrade him on draft boards. Regardless, the Cowboys weren't one of those teams.

Owner and general manager Jerry Jones likes to compare Vander Esch to Rolando McClain Jacquizz Rodgers Jersey , a first-round flameout in Oakland who had the best year of his career in 2014 in helping the Cowboys to just their second playoff win since their last Super Bowl title following the 1995 season.

Size would be a good place to start with that connection. McClain was 6-foot-4, same as Vander Esch, with an almost identical listed weight. The rookie is listed at 256.

"There's always pressure to perform," Vander Esch said. "Obviously this is the biggest level now so there's even more of it. You've just got to relax yourself and go out and do what you do."

After helping Salmon River High School in Riggins, Idaho, to a pair of state titles, Vander Esch walked on at Boise, about 150 miles south of his hometown. After a redshirt year, he progressed fast enough to bypass his senior season and enter the draft.

"You've got to be able to adapt quick no matter what," Vander Esch said. "You've got to able to take on anything and not worry about it, not stress yourself out Andre Branch Jersey , not get all flustered with it."

With his focus so much on football, Vander Esch didn't mind getting flustered over a question about what he does for fun.

NOTES: DT Maliek Collins is likely out until training camp after breaking a bone in his left foot Thursday during offseason workouts at the team's practice facility. He is expected to have his second surgery on that foot since January. The first procedure was for a stress reaction that bothered him last season, although he didn't miss any games. ... WR Terrance Williams, who broke a bone in his right foot in January, has been working on the side with trainers. Coach Jason Garrett said his recovery is on schedule, which likely means a return at training camp.

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