On Thursday, Jayden Higgins made NFL history.
Why 31 NFL teams might be frustrated with the Houston Texans
Jayden Higgins made NFL history on Thursday, but that might have 31 teams frustrated with the team that drafted him
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Mark Schofield is a former college quarterback and attorney covering the NFL and F1.
But the history the incoming rookie wide receiver made might just have 31 NFL teams furious with the club that drafted him.
Higgins put pen to paper on his rookie contract with the Houston Texans, signing a fully guaranteed four-year contract worth $11,700,824. That contract made history as Higgins became the first second-round pick in NFL history to receive a fully guaranteed contract.
The Texans drafted Higgins at No. 34, early in the second round. Following the pick, General Manager Nick Caserio raved about Higgins, highlighting how he went from an “under-recruited” player coming out of high school to becoming an “NFL player:”
However, that contract might have the other 31 teams a little frustrated with the Texans, as it likely opens the door to fully guaranteed contracts for second-round picks going forward. For example, Kyle Crabbs, who does tremendous work covering both the NFL Draft and the Miami Dolphins, pointed out after the Higgins contract that while the Dolphins were close to signing their own second-round pick, those talks “probably got more complicated at the last minute” after the Higgins contract was announced:
As our own Jared Mueller joked this morning around the SB Nation watercooler, if your team’s second-round picks do not sign contracts, feel free to blame the Texans.
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