Patriots have closed The first stroke of the first round Will Campbell, Who is expected to be Drake Maye blind protection For the foreseeable future.
Campbell and the team agreed on the terms of a complete guaranteed rookie contract of $ 43.66 million, with a signature bonus of $ 28.39 million, confirmed a source.
The LSU product, which has taken number 4 generally in the April draft, has been a left -wing equipment throughout the first season camp.
Although it is difficult to achieve a real indicator with Lineman evaluation, given that they are not in pads during spring training, the offensive coach of the Doug Marrone line gave Campbell a inch depending on what he has seen so far on the novio.
“It has been good,” said Marrone. “We are really working on details and foundations. Each representative: he has obtained many representations; the way the Vrabel coach (Mike) has the way the practices are shaped, we have obtained a great job against our defense. All these things will help him.
Marrone also said that Campbell’s “work” and “dedication” had emphasized him. The 21 -year -old has been present for all the volunteer activities of the team open to journalists.
Much of the pre-dibing talk was that Campbell did not have a proper arm length to succeed in the position. Marrone has not seen anything at this stage to suggest that Campbell will have problems.
“It’s something you look at and seek to see if it affects the way the player plays. Right now, this will not change,” Marrone said. “We are only working basically fundamentally, and the details, and we see all the different appearances that you can see, and it has been doing a great job.
“Continue to work hard every day. It’s been here. He’s going to work every day. Every day you are learning something, and you are getting better and you are not trying to make the same mistake twice, and so has happened. It has been his very professional business and it is a good start.”
Ian Rapoport, from the NFL Network, was the first to report the news of Campbell’s signature.
Patriots still have two rookies (Treveyon Henderson, Craig Woodson) who do not yet have to sign their respective agreements.