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All 32 NFL teams have wrapped up minicamp and now teams break until training camp starts in around a month. 30 of the 32 first-round picks from the 2025 NFL draft are signed and ready to go with only two holdouts. No. 1 overall picks Travis Hunter has yet to sign with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Shemar Stewart continues his holdout with the Cincinnati Bengals.
For Hunter, as the top overall pick, it’s just a matter of economics. The No. 1 overall pick in 2023, quarterback Bryce Young signed a four-year, $37.96 million contract that is fully guaranteed. The following year, quarterback Caleb Williams signed a four-year contract worth $39.45 million with the Chicago Bears that was fully guaranteed as well.
This puts the value of Hunter’s contract somewhere in the neighborhood of $46.571 million. The holdup is more about verbiage for a player like Hunter. He’s not a quarterback but because his expectation is he is going to play offense and defense, we are sure his agent is working out some very special details concerning guaranteed money and signing bonus to account for such exceptional circumstances.
Stewart’s situation is very different. Stewart got signed by the Bengals, who are extraordinarily cheap. Their ownership could squeeze a nickel so hard it would push Thomas Jefferson’s nose through the other side. They are trying to utilize a loophole that would create voidable years in Stewart’s rookie contract. A completely legal, albeit untested strategy and Stewart and his representatives have no interest in being the first.
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