There are officially no stragglers left. Shortly after the 49ers inked draft picks Nick Bosa and Deebo Samuel, the Jets announced the signing of No. 3 overall pick Quinnen Williams.
Williams, a defensive tackle out of Alabama, did not report to training camp with his fellow Jets rookies because of issues related to his signing bonus payout structure. Ultimately, it was a difference of $100K that prevented the Jets from signing Williams sooner.
The Jets and Williams reached a compromise on that matter, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (Twitter link) hears. The defensive lineman will have a 25% signing bonus deferment to Year Two, but he’ll get the other 75% at signing. With that out of the way, Williams should be on the field with the Jets on Friday.
Here’s the full rundown of the Jets’ draft:
- 1-3: Quinnen Williams, DT (Alabama): Signed
- 3-68: Jachai Polite, LB (Florida): Signed
- 3-92: Chuma Edoga, T (USC): Signed
- 4-121: Trevon Wesco, TE (West Virginia): Signed
- 5-157: Blake Cashman, LB (Minnesota): Signed
- 6-196: Blessuan Austin. CB (Rutgers): Signed
So we draft a player at 3 and quibble over $25k? Wow what IDIOTS. Like he won’t remember that come hammer time.
Not showing up to camp over 100k? The Jets sure to love those team players
Correct me if I’m wrong but isnt it that he wouldn’t be allowed to show up until he signed? Besides, the Jets shouldnt of squabbled over the 100k. Its not like Williams was already insanely rich or anything
I think this has less to do with the actual payout than it is a matter of principle re the CBA. The payment structure the Jets wanted to use is probably something all the clubs want to use.
100k is a lot of money to someone who’s career earnings are currently $0
It’s not about the Jets not wanting to give him $100,000. It’s about derring part of the bonus till next year. The Jets give him 75% of the bonus upon signing (16,275,000) and pay him the remaining 5,425,000 next year. The disputes was over that. He’s an Alabama resident now and will pay that states tax rate on his bonus this year. Unfortunately, next year he’ll get screwed over by New Jersey and he’ll have to pay their higher tax rate as a citizen of that state.Jets wanted to defer part of it and he wanted to pay less taxes. Seems reasonable on both sides and they compromised. Lesson: don’t play professionally in the northeast or west coast unless they pay you so much it just doesn’t matter.