Broncos sign – The Broncos have signed defensive tackle Tyler Onyedim to a rookie contract after a delay left several third-round picks unsigned. Onyedim’s four-year deal is worth $7.38 million with a $1.8 million signing bonus, and he reportedly received no guaranteed base
On Sunday night, the Broncos finally moved on the next wave of their third-round pick pile-up.
Denver signed defensive tackle Tyler Onyedim to his rookie contract, making him the second player drafted in the third round to get inked. The timing mattered: it came just hours after the Raiders signed Keyron Crawford, the third player selected in that same third-round tier.
Onyedim’s deal is four years and $7.38 million, including a $1.8 million signing bonus. The contract structure also reflected how the market has been constrained—he reportedly received no guaranteed base salary on the deal. Those details land in the middle of what has been a stubborn standoff around the top of the third round. where agents have pushed for guaranteed base salary while teams have held firm that the only guaranteed money they’re willing to offer third-round picks is the signing bonus.
For the Broncos, signing Onyedim doesn’t just settle a roster checkbox. It also signals that the freeze affecting high third-round selections may be easing at the same time other teams are starting to clear their own pending negotiations.
Still, the third-round bottleneck isn’t fully gone. The top third-round pick, Cardinals quarterback Carson Beck, remains unsigned. So do the fourth, fifth and sixth selections in the third round: Eagles offensive tackle Markel Bell, Bears tight end Sam Roush and 49ers edge rusher Romello Height.
The sequence of signings is now creating momentum—just not enough to end the uncertainty everywhere at once.
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