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Rookie reporting day

Email|Link|Comments (10) Posted by Mike Reiss, Globe Staff July 26, 2009 06:00 AM

Patriots rookies report for training camp today.

At this time, nine of the team's 12 draft choices have signed contracts. The team's top draft choice, safety Patrick Chung (34th overall), has yet to come to terms.

Veterans are due to report on Wednesday, with the first open practice scheduled for Thursday.

The following breaks down the draft picks and their contract situations:

DRAFT PICK	AGENT	AGENT FACT	CONTRACT
2a) S Patrick Chung	Ken Landphere & Doug Hendrickson	Based in Walnut Creek, Calif., Octagon Sports firm also represents Patriots Ryan O'Callaghan (OL) & Alex Smith (TE)	Unsigned
2b) NT Ron Brace	Andy Sims & Nate Haber	Up-and-coming PlayersRep Sports Management firm also represents UConn's Cody Brown	Agreed to 4-year deal July 17
2c) CB Darius Butler	Drew Rosenhaus	Rosenhaus Sports also represents Patriots Fred Taylor (RB) and Chris Hanson (P)	Signed 4-year deal July 13
2d) OL Sebastian Vollmer	Leonard Roth	Roth founded Professional Advisory Services, based in Houston, and represents players in addition to his role as a tax attorney	Agreed to 4-year deal July 16
3a) WR Brandon Tate	Joel Segal & Greg Barnett	Former Patriots QB Rohan Davey among the many clients of BEST Sports	Agreed to 4-year deal July 16
3b) LB Tyrone McKenzie	Sean Kiernan & Mitch Frankel	Impact Sports firm also represents Patriots LB Jerod Mayo; Although McKenzie is injured, his negotiation shouldn't be affected	Unsigned
4) OL Rich Ohrnberger	Joe Linta & Thomas Kleine	JL Sports firm, which also represents Patriots OL Russ Hochstein, has a history of signing rookies early	Signed 4-year deal June 16
5) OL George Bussey	Cary Fabrikant	RRA Goal Line Management firm also represents coaches Mike Tomlin and Raheem Morris	Agreed to 4-year deal July 17
6a) LS Jake Ingram	Wynn Silberman & Ryan Morgan	MAG company represents athletes in a variety of sports, including volleyball; RB Chris Brown a notable NFL client	Unsigned
6b) DL Myron Pryor	Rodney Edwards & Brian Levy	Same firm which represents fifth-round pick George Bussey; represented former Patriots DE Bobby Hamilton	Agreed to 4-year deal July 14
7a) WR Julian Edelman	Carter Chow	Firm of Yee & Dubin Sports also represents QB Tom Brady	Agreed to 4-year deal July 16
7b) DL Darryl Richard	Karim Lawrence & Len Rowe	Agents have past experience with Patriots from representing Johnathan Sullivan; also represented RB Ron Dayne	Signed 4-year deal July 15

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10 comments so far...

Despite having signed 9 of their draft choices very quickly, this might be a
year the Patriots have a couple of holdouts. There are no high #2 draft
picks signed as yet and this affects Chung. Pittsburgh's signing of Hood
should help the situation a little. Jake Ingram has supposedly been asked
to take part of his signing bonus in 2010. How many #6 picks are going
to be around to collect a 2010 bonus? The Patriots will probably take their
time signing McKenzie. As soon as McKenzie is signed, he can be put on
IR to open a roster spot.

Posted by James Keddy July 26, 09 08:45 AM

Mike,

Will the draft picks that have not signed a contract yet be showing up today?

Posted by Eric July 26, 09 10:42 AM

Not sure what Ingram is doing or Chung for that matter. Both are in a fight for playing time and in Ingram's case maybe a roster spot. There is a lot of competition on this team.

Posted by Space Bandito July 26, 09 11:10 AM

If Chung were smart he would come to camp on time. I remember Watson holding out and he never really recovered. The competition is pretty high and a leg down will severly hurt his chances from making an impact. Don't get greedy Chung.

p.s. the Pats rarely blink, just ask watson.

Posted by canpatsfan July 26, 09 11:39 AM

Chung or his agent or both need to wise up. Cant imagine BB is too impressed....hopefully Chung will realise hes not all that, and signs up and starts learning his job asap.

Posted by Glasgow July 26, 09 11:49 AM

This has less to do with Chung being greedy, and more to do with his agents positioning for 2010. If you don't think the looming expiration of the CBA is affecting things right now, you need to think again.

Posted by Richter July 26, 09 12:35 PM

Mike,

IMO Watson's agent really ruined him his rookie year and to some extent his entrire career by having him hold out his rookie camp. Watson changed agents and they got it done. I know agents are a dime of dozen but I was just curious if Chung has the same agent that Watson had when he held out of camp.

Posted by J.P. July 26, 09 01:04 PM

I think the main issue w/Chung not being signed is probably the fact that Hood is the only player signed between picks 22-39, slotting has to be the issue. I do feel that he will be signed by Wednesday.

As far as Chung the player goes, I'm really excited to see what he can do in camp because I feel like he can be a difference maker for the Pats D this season.

Posted by Nikos July 26, 09 02:16 PM

my hunch is Ingram won't be signed.

Posted by hunch July 26, 09 03:11 PM

I am somewhat confused by the fact that late round picks have FOUR YEAR deals. Can you explain why that is for late round picks that, for the most part, only have an outside chance at making the team?

Posted by Mike Allen July 26, 09 04:59 PM

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