Charting Contracts for the Bengals 2009 Rookie Class

by Kirkendall on Jun 27, 2009 5:00 PM EDT in Contracts Comment 8 comments

As we wrote in a preview post, the Bengals tend to sign a majority of their picks in the week leading up to training camp. However, sometimes they do things differently. Like signing four of their 11 draft picks in June. The following is a chart that we'll (hopefully) update when the team signs their rookies.

Pick	Round	Rookie	Position	Years	Base	Signing	Total
1	1	Andre Smith	OT
2	2	Rey Maualuga	LB	Four		$2.84 M	$4.66 M
3	3	Michael Johnson	DE	Four	$1.75 M	$863,020	$2.613 M*
4	3	Chase Coffman	TE	Four	$1.75 M	$622,000	$2.372 M
5	4	Jonathan Luigs	C	Four	$1.75 M	$509,000	$2.259 M
6	5	Kevin Huber	P	Four	$1.75 M	$195,000	$.1.945 M
7	6	Morgan Trent	DB	Four	$1.75 M	$112,000	$1.862 M
8	6	Bernard Scott	RB	Four	$1.75 M	$77,500	$1.828 M
9	7	Fui Vakapuna	FB	Four	$1.75 M	$61,000	$1.811 M
10	7	Clinton McDonald	DT	Four	$1.75 M	$39,000	$1.789 M
11	7	Freddie Brown	WR	Four	$1.75 M	$37,588	$1.787 M

Dates of Signings:

June 16: Morgan Trent
June 18: Freddie Brown
June 20: Bernard Scott
June 22: Clinton McDonald
July 7: Fui Vakapuna
July 16: Kevin Huber
July 20: Jonathan Luigs
July 27: Chase Coffman
July 28: Rey Maualuga
July 28: Michael Johnson

* Deal is includes a fourth-year escalator clause that, if triggered, could reach a maximum value of $3.47 million.

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Vakapuna

should ssign soon for 1.8 million over 4 years witha 50 k bonus

by jim0ijk on Jun 29, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Huber

Seriously…he’s a PUNTER. A GOOD punter, but still…a PUNTER. What on earth is keeping THAT deal from being done?

by TheWalrus1971 on Jun 29, 2009 4:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Huber

Maybe he has agreed, but can’t get downtown to sign?

by jim0ijk on Jun 30, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn’t exactly recommend you bet the farm on that one.

It’s probably just like most other late picks… close but not quite.

by FriarBob on Jun 30, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huber is the only punter now

He kinda has a small advantage. I say more power to him because punting will be very important to the Bengals this year.

by mskiles314 on Jul 8, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hopefully this one will pan out. It would be nice to watch a punt with hope instead of fear

by jim0ijk on Jul 8, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Punt?

I don’t think that the Bengals are going to have to punt this year. I’m expecting them to score every drive. I think they should have just forgone having a punter and spent the money instead on cloning Palmer.

This is our year!

by Carsonorbust on Jul 16, 2009 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs