Seahawks To Sign First-Round RB Jadarian Price, Wrap Draft Class Deals
The Seahawks have agreed to a deal with first-round running back Jadarian Price, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. Price went 32nd overall, which carries a total value of approximately $16.78MM over four years. He is expected to sign his fully guaranteed contract today, per Pelissero.
Price was never the lead dog in his three years at Notre Dame, where he played behind Audric Estime in 2023 and Jeremiyah Love over the past two seasons. To his credit, though, Price excelled when given the ball. Over 41 games and 280 carries with the Fighting Irish, he averaged 6.0 yards per attempt and found the end zone 21 times. Price chipped in three more touchdowns as a receiver, but he caught just 15 passes in college.
Despite serving as a backup at Notre Dame, Price entered this year’s draft as the consensus second-best RB available. Love, the No. 1 option by miles, went third overall to the Cardinals. It was far from a slam dunk Price would come off the board in the first round, but the Seahawks elected to grab their replacement for Kenneth Walker with the final pick of Day 1. General manager John Schneider chose Price after an attempt to trade down fell through, and adding the 5-foot-11, 209-pounder prevented the NFC West rival 49ers from potentially doing so at No. 33. The 49ers wound up using the 33rd pick on receiver De’Zhaun Stribling and addressing running back in the third round, where they spent the 90th overall selection on Kaelon Black.
Walker, who was the Seahawks’ lead back for four seasons, won Super Bowl LX MVP honors in February and then left for the Chiefs’ three-year, $43.05MM offer in free agency. The Seahawks will largely count on Price to fill Walker’s void, especially after No. 2 back Zach Charbonnet tore his ACL in a divisional round win over the 49ers in January. Charbonnet will return sometime in 2026, but he is unlikely to be ready for the start of the season. As he continues in his recovery, Price, free agent pickup Emanuel Wilson and George Holani are among the Seahawks’ healthy options at the position.
When Price officially puts pen to paper, it will complete this year’s draft signings for the reigning champions. Here is Seattle’s full 2026 class:
- Round 1, No. 32: Jadarian Price (RB, Notre Dame)
- Round 2, No. 64: Bud Clark (S, TCU) (signed)
- Round 3, No. 99 (from Steelers)*: Julian Neal (CB, Arkansas) (signed)
- Round 5, No. 148 (from Chiefs via Browns): Beau Stephens (G, Iowa) (signed)
- Round 6, No. 199 (from Lions via Browns, Bengals and Jets): Emmanuel Henderson (WR, Kansas) (signed)
- Round 7, No. 236 (from Packers)*: Andre Fuller (CB, Toledo) (signed)
- Round 7, No. 242 (from Bills via Browns and Jets): Deven Eastern (DT, Minnesota) (signed)
- Round 7, No. 255 (from Packers)*: Michael Dansby (CB, Arizona) (signed)
Giants Ink No. 5 Overall Pick Arvell Reese, Complete Draft Signings
The Giants announced that they have signed first-round linebacker Arvell Reese to his rookie contract. As the fifth overall pick, Reese’s fully guaranteed four-year deal is worth around $47.83MM.
Reese played three years at Ohio State, where he capped off a 43-tackle 2024 campaign with a national championship and then experienced a massive uptick in production last season. While recording 356 snaps at outside linebacker and 238 snaps as an off-ball LB, the 6-foot-4, 243-pounder tallied 69 tackles (10 for loss) and 6.5 sacks over 14 games. He earned Big Ten Linebacker of the Year honors and was named a consensus All-American.
Reese’s versatility helped make him one of the premier prospects in this year’s class. Just a few weeks before the draft, Reese was considered the favorite to go second overall to the Jets. They wound up taking former Texas Tech edge defender David Bailey with that selection. Two picks later, the Titans were down to Reese and one of his former college teammates, wide receiver Carnell Tate. They went with Tate at No. 4, leaving an easy decision for a Giants team that saw coveted ex-Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love join the Cardinals third overall. The Giants reportedly gave equal grades to Love and Reese.
While Reese could turn into a high-end outside rusher for the Giants, they already have three-time Pro Bowler Brian Burns, 2025 third overall pick Abdul Carter and 2022 fifth overall choice Kayvon Thibodeaux along the edge. Although Thibodeaux has been popular in trade rumors, it appears the Giants will keep the four-year veteran in hopes he rebounds from a 10-game, 2.5-sack showing from 2025. With Thibodeaux sticking around, the plan is for Reese to primarily play off-ball LB at the outset of his career. He will line up on the weak side and team with free agent acquisition Tremaine Edmunds as the Giants’ starting duo.
Reese was the first of seven picks in the 2026 draft for the Giants, who now have their entire class under contract. Here is the list:
- Round 1, No. 5: Arvell Reese (EDGE/LB, Ohio State) (signed)
- Round 1, No. 10 (from Bengals): Francis Mauigoa (T, Miami) (signed)
- Round 2, No. 37: Colton Hood (CB, Tennessee) (signed)
- Round 3, No. 74 (from Chiefs via Browns): Malachi Fields (WR, Notre Dame) (signed)
- Round 6, No. 186: Bobby Jamison-Travis (DT, Auburn) (signed)
- Round 6, No. 192 (from Dolphins): JC Davis (T, Illinois) (signed)
- Round 6, No. 193 (from Cowboys): Jack Kelly (LB, BYU) (signed)
Texans, WR Nico Collins Agree On Reworked Deal
MAY 29: $57MM of the $60MM total from this two-year arrangement is fully guaranteed, as detailed by Over the Cap. That includes a $27MM signing bonus. Collins’ cap charge for the coming year was lowered to $14.94MM by the new deal, while his 2027 hit is set to check in at $42.12MM. $16.2MM in money present during the deal’s void years has been added.
MAY 26: The Texans shot down Nico Collins trade rumors during the draft, and they are now taking care of their top wide receiver. Collins and the team agreed on a reworked deal Tuesday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
Collins will receive raises in 2026 and ’27 as a part of this agreement, per Schefter, who notes the sixth-year veteran will see a $9MM cash influx in 2026 and an $8MM bump in 2027. Both Collins’ 2026 and ’27 salaries are now guaranteed.
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Houston’s May 2024 extension agreement with Collins has aged extraordinarily well. He is tied to a three-year, $72.75MM deal. Even at the time, that contract looked team-friendly, as A.J. Brown had moved the receiver market to $32MM per year weeks earlier. Justin Jefferson, Ja’Marr Chase and now Jaxon Smith-Njigba have taken the market onto new tiers since the Collins contract was finalized. The Texans’ top skill-position talent, in terms of AAV, had been tied to a salary nearly $20MM south of Smith-Njigba’s market-setting pact ($42.15MM per year).
No new years are being added to Collins’ deal, but the raises here are substantial — as are the guarantee bumps. Collins was due $20MM in guaranteed compensation this year but had no guarantees in place for 2027. Collins was tied to a nonguaranteed $21.25MM salary next year. That number will rise considerably, and it continues a pattern of Texans proactivity on the contract front.
Texans GM Nick Caserio gave Derek Stingley Jr. a market-resetting extension in March 2025 and did the same for Will Anderson Jr. this offseason. The team also has shown a willingness to guarantee cornerstone players’ money in future years. The Texans have extended Danielle Hunter twice on one-year bumps and reupped Dalton Schultz for an additional year in March. Collins will loom as a 2027 extension candidate in Houston, but Caserio has again rewarded a productive player with a significant guarantee increase.
The pay hikes agreed to Tuesday will move Collins near $30MM in compensation this year and next. That still puts him outside of the top five at his position, with the NFL’s $30MM-AAV receiver club now consisting of nine players (though, a 49ers Brandon Aiyuk release would trim it to eight). Collins is entering an age-27 season and is coming off three straight 1,000-yard campaigns. Although C.J. Stroud has not made big strides since his rookie-year breakthrough, the Texans have found a gem in Collins — a 2021 third-round pick.
Collins finished with 1,117 receiving yards in 2025 and cleared 1,000 yards (1,006) in just 12 games in 2024. The Michigan product broke out in 2023, tallying 1,297 yards after previously failing to eclipse 500 in each of his first two seasons.
The Texans added Stefon Diggs via trade in 2024 but saw him suffer an ACL tear midway through his only season with the team. Tank Dell missed all of last season because of a severe knee injury sustained late in the 2024 slate. The Texans have since made moves to complement Collins with young players, adding Iowa State’s Jayden HIggins and Jaylin Noel on Day 2 of last year’s draft.
Dell is tracking to return this season, which will give the Texans interesting depth around Collins and the ex-Cyclones. But the team’s top playmaker is not in question entering 2026. Collins wants to stay with the Texans long term, and the team certainly showed appreciation for his work today. It is notable no extension has been reached, but the raise looks to settle this matter for 2026.
G Michael Onwenu Agrees To Revised Patriots Deal
2026 remains the final year of Michael Onwenu‘s Patriots contract. A revision was recently agreed to by the veteran guard, however.
Onwenu has signed a new pact covering the coming season, per ESPN’s Mike Reiss. The 28-year-old was not previously owed any guaranteed money for 2026, but that has now changed. Onwenu’s cap charge has been reduced by $7.5MM as a result of this new deal, but he is now set to collect $10MM in salary and bonuses.
As detailed by Over the Cap, Onwenu’s 2026 compensation includes $8.95MM guaranteed. Of that figure, $6MM has already been paid out. This arrangement will thus create cap relief for the Patriots while providing short-term security to Onwenu. The seventh-year veteran has spent his entire career in New England so far, but that could very well change next spring.
Recent indications have suggested the Patriots are likely to allow Onwenu to depart on the open market in 2027. An extension obviously would have ensured a longer run for the Michigan product’s New England tenure. Instead, a compromise covering his walk year has been worked out. The Pats made a big-money guard investment in the form of Alijah Vera-Tucker in March, and a lower cost at the right guard spot beginning in 2027 can be expected.
Onwenu has seen time at right tackle over the course of his NFL career (including as recently as 2024). Last season, though, the former sixth-rounder operated exclusively at right guard, his most common spot for New England. That should remain the case for 2026, and another top-10 PFF evaluation among guards would come as little surprise after he posted one on four previous occasions. That could set Onwenu up for a payday on the open market, but it is increasingly clear his next contract will come from a new team.
49ers’ Isaac Guerendo Suffers Pectoral Tear; Team Makes RB Additions
6:25pm: Guerendo has already undergone surgery, which should help him meet that aforementioned end-of-training-camp target, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
4:30pm: Isaac Guerendo is set to compete for a roster spot this offseason, with the 49ers adding a Day 2 draftee (Kaelon Black) to their backfield — one already housing Jordan James behind Christian McCaffrey. Guerendo will not be able to factor prominently into the McCaffrey backup competition for a while, however.
The third-year running back suffered a pectoral tear while lifting weights recently, Kyle Shanahan said (via the San Jose Mercury News’ Cam Inman). Guerendo is expected to return late in training camp, complicating his path to the team’s 53-man roster now that Black has arrived as a third-round pick. Guerendo suffered the injury about a month ago, per Shanahan.
For the short term, the 49ers also made additions to their RB room. The team signed running backs Jordan Mims and Jermar Jefferson, according to NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo. The team waived running back Sincere McCormick and placed veteran safety Darrick Forrest on IR to create roster space.
A recent report indicated Guerendo may be on the outside looking in following the 49ers’ Black pick. Although the Shanahan-era 49ers have struggled mightily with mid-round RB picks — with Joe Williams, Trey Sermon and Tyrion Davis-Price joining Guerendo (a 2024 third-rounder) in failing to make much of an impact — the team is trying again with Black. The Indiana product was not invited to the Combine, but he became this draft’s third RB chosen.
Guerendo was on San Francisco’s 53-man roster throughout last season, but the team stashed him behind James and Brian Robinson among McCaffrey backups. Despite the 49ers trading Jordan Mason to the Vikings, they did not find much playing time for Guerendo. San Francisco traded for Robinson to be McCaffrey’s top backup, and Guerendo did not play an offensive snap, seeing his only time on special teams.
Clocking a sub-4.4-second 40-yard dash at the 2024 Combine, Guerendo averaged 5.0 yards per carry as a rookie (84/420) and scored four touchdowns during a season in which McCaffrey missed extensive time with injury. Robinson joined the Falcons in free agency, but Black will be competing with James to replace him as RB2. Guerendo is now all but certain to land on San Francisco’s active/PUP list to open camp. The 49ers could buy more recovery time by placing him on the reserve/PUP list to open the season; the latter designation would require a four-game absence.
Mims, 26, has 20 career carries in three seasons. The former UDFA logged all of those totes in 2024 with the Saints. A 2021 Lions seventh-round pick who spent last season with the Cardinals, Jefferson has 21 career carries. Forrest, who started 17 Commanders games from 2021-24, joined the 49ers’ practice squad in November of last year but did not see any playing time.
Jets Sign WR Tim Patrick
MAY 28: Patrick’s one-year deal has a base value of $2MM, per Spotrac (via Cimini). Half of that figure is guaranteed, including a $500K signing bonus. A depth role can be expected provided Patrick can remain healthy on his latest team.
MAY 13: Tim Patrick has rebounded from back-to-back injury-marred seasons that closed his Broncos tenure, and he is now reuniting with a former Denver front office staffer in New York.
Darren Mougey will add the veteran wide receiver to the Jets’ roster, ESPN’s Rich Cimini reports. Patrick’s Lions season (2024) also is rather relevant to this signing, as Jets HC Aaron Glenn was in place as Detroit’s DC at that point.
This transaction will give Patrick a chance to play a 10th NFL season. Patrick, 32, caught on with the Broncos as a 2018 waiver claim. Mougey was in place under then-GM John Elway at the time. Mougey moved up the ladder to director of player personnel during George Paton‘s first GM year (2021). That year brought a Patrick extension (three years, $30MM). While the 6-foot-4 wide receiver did not live up to that deal due to the above-referenced injuries, he has provided contributions to other teams over the past two seasons.
The Broncos released Patrick shortly before the 2024 season, leading him to the Lions’ practice squad. That quickly preceded a move up to Detroit’s 53-man roster, and the possession receiver caught 33 passes for 394 yards and three touchdowns to help a dominant Lions offense secure a No. 1 seed. The Lions re-signed Patrick in 2025 but traded him to the Jaguars last summer, acquiring a 2026 sixth-round pick in the deal. Patrick caught 15 passes for 187 yards and three TDs last season.
Perhaps more importantly for Patrick’s NFL viability as his mid-30s near, he played in 16 games in each of the past two seasons. The Broncos saw Patrick become an important target during their time in quarterback purgatory, but their blockbuster Russell Wilson trade did not include any game time with Patrick. The former $10MM-per-year player suffered a torn ACL during training camp in 2022 and went down with an Achilles tear in July 2023.
While it would be quite interesting to see Wilson and Patrick finally link up — should the potential TV analyst accept a Jets offer — the veteran pass catcher did his best work with Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Lock. The Utah product caught 51 passes for 742 yards and six touchdowns in 2020. He then worked with Bridgewater and Lock in 2021, hauling in 53 passes for 734 yards and five scores that season.
The Broncos had placed a second-round RFA tender on Patrick in 2021 before signing him to an extension. Denver extended Patrick and Sutton in November 2021 but saw the former drift off the radar as the latter moved back into the WR1 role with the franchise. The Broncos slashed Patrick’s 2024 salary down toward the veteran minimum and attempted to trade him later that year. He played for $2.5MM in 2025.
The Jets have done extensive WR work since assembling a flawed crew around Garrett Wilson last year. Last year’s squad, with Wilson going down seven games in, became the first Jets edition since 1976 to fail to produce a 400-yard pass catcher. However, Gang Green acquired Adonai Mitchell from the Colts at the trade deadline and traded up to No. 30 (via the 49ers) for Indiana’s Omar Cooper Jr. last month. Patrick will be positioned to represent a veteran presence to complement those rookie-deal cogs around Wilson.
Giants Restructure Andrew Thomas’ Deal
The Giants and Andrew Thomas have once again agreed to a restructure. New York’s six-year left tackle starter has agreed to a reworking of his pact to create immediate cap space.
Team and player agreed to the latest restructure yesterday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. A portion of Thomas’ base salary for 2026 was converted into a roster bonus. The move created $6.46MM in space. As a result, Thomas is now on course to carry a cap charge of $17.59MM this season.
The former No. 4 pick was largely durable while playing out his rookie contract, something which helped New York make a big-money commitment in his case. Thomas inked a five-year extension worth $23.5MM per season in 2023. He has missed time every year since then, including the 2024 campaign in which Thomas was limited to just six appearances. His deal was restructured last September to create financial breathing room.
The Giants have taken the same route this time around. New York is currently near the bottom of the league in terms of cap space, so this Thomas restructure will help carve out some financial flexibility once it is processed. The team inked Francis Mauigoa to his rookie pact yesterday, but fellow top-10 selection Arvell Reese has not yet signed. The space created by this move will help make Reese’s deal easier to absorb and allow for other roster adjustments through the summer.
Thomas, 27, remains under contract through 2029 as things stand. None of his scheduled compensation beyond the coming campaign is guaranteed, although he is due a $2.5MM roster bonus next March. A healthy campaign would help ensure that payment winds up being made while also offering strong showings on the blindside for a Giants offensive line seeking improved play in 2026.
Seahawks Acquire WR Irvin Charles From Jets
The Seahawks and Jets have agreed to a minor trade. New York is sending wide receiver Irvin Charles to Seattle for a conditional seventh-round selection, Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic reports. It’s a 2028 pick, per Rich Cimini of ESPN.
The 6-foot-4, 219-pound Charles had been a member of the Jets since he signed with them as an undrafted free agent from Division II IUP in 2022. He debuted a year later, got into 13 games and carved out a role on special teams. Almost all of his snaps (236 of 279) came in the third phase of the game. That remained the case during a 13-game 2024 for Charles, who played 214 special teams snaps to just 10 on offense.
Charles had 39 receptions and 12 touchdowns in his last college season, but he did not catch a pass with the Jets. He did, however, record 14 tackles.
The 2024 campaign ended for Charles when he suffered a torn ACL in a Week 14 loss to the Dolphins. The Jets kept Charles around last year as an exclusive rights free agent, but the recovery process sidelined him for the entire season. With 11 other receivers on their roster, including first-rounder Omar Cooper Jr. and recent free agent pickup Tim Patrick, the Jets are moving on from Charles for a small return.
Charles, who turned 29 last month, is now in position to vie for a roster spot with the reigning Super Bowl champion Seahawks. He will add a 14th receiver to an already crowded group of wideouts in Seattle. As was the case in New York, though, earning a role on special teams will be his best path to playing time. It may be an uphill battle, as most of the Seahawks’ 2025 core special teamers – including snaps leaders Brady Russell, Mike Morris, Nehemiah Pritchett and D’Anthony Bell, among others – are still in the mix. If Charles cracks the Seahawks’ roster, he will play for a minimum salary of $1.075MM.
Titans Ink DE Keldric Faulk, Complete Rookie Class Signings
After making the surprising decision to select Ohio State’s Carnell Tate at the top of the 2026 NFL Draft, Tennessee traded back into the end of the first round to select Auburn defensive end Keldric Faulk. The Titans secured Faulk’s signature today, completing the process of signing their eight-man rookie draft class.
Arriving at Auburn as a highly rated, in-state recruit, Faulk found an immediate role on the Tigers defense. By Week 7 of his true freshman season, Faulk was in the starting lineup, and he didn’t relinquish his first-team role the remainder of his time at Auburn. As one of the draft’s youngest players (turning 22 just before the start of his rookie year), Faulk has room to grow and develop in Tennessee. He flashed some serious play-making ability in college, but struggled to finish with impact plays.
A seven-sack, 11-tackle for loss campaign in his sophomore year had expectations high for Faulk’s 2025 season. Outside of that impressive production in 2024, though, Faulk only totaled three sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss in his first and third years combined. He carries an imposing frame, looking all of 6-foot-5, 275 pounds and has an effective arsenal of pass rush moves, but his technique and planning could certainly improve. Mentally, Faulk has good field vision and play recognition, and his leadership at Auburn shined despite his youth.
In Nashville, Faulk is joining a new-look edge rushing group that currently looks like it will be led by a pair of former Jets in Jermaine Johnson and John Franklin-Myers. The Titans’ pass rush in 2025 was buoyed by star interior lineman Jeffery Simmons, as no other defender eclipsed five sacks. Johnson, Franklin-Myers, and Faulk don’t have reputations as double-digit sack getters, but the trio is an improvement on last year’s group for Tennessee, and with Simmons drawing the attention of the offense, all three could see improvements in production in 2026.
With Faulk now locked into his four-year rookie deal (with a fifth-year option), here’s a final look at the Titans completed draft class:
- Round 1, No. 4: Carnell Tate (WR, Ohio State) (signed)
- Round 1, No. 31 (from Patriots via Bills): Keldric Faulk (DE, Auburn) (signed)
- Round 2, No. 60 (from Bills via Titans): Anthony Hill Jr. (LB, Texas) (signed)
- Round 5, No. 142 (from Jets via Ravens): Fernando Carmona (G, Arkansas) (signed)
- Round 5, No. 165 (from Bears via Bills): Nicholas Singleton (RB, Penn State) (signed)
- Round 6, No. 184: Jackie Marshall (DT, Baylor) (signed)
- Round 6, No. 194 (from Ravens via Jets): Pat Coogan, C (Indiana) (signed)
- Round 7, No. 225 (from Chiefs via Cowboys): Jaren Kanak (TE, Oklahoma) (signed)
Minor NFL Transactions: 5/27/26
Wednesday’s minor NFL transactions:
Buffalo Bills
- Waived: TE Max Tomczak
Cleveland Browns
- Reverted to IR: CB DeCarlos Nicholson
New Orleans Saints
- Signed: LB Jackson Sirmon
- Waived: CB Jeremiah McClendon
New York Giants
- Waived: G Reid Holskey
New York Jets
- Signed: T Courtland Ford
- Waived: LB Kendrick Blackshire
Philadelphia Eagles
- Signed: WR Brandon Hayes
Seattle Seahawks
- Waived: WR Trayvon Rudolph
It’s a family reunion in New Orleans, where Sirmon will join the position room coached by his father, Saints linebackers coach Peter Sirmon. The two worked together in a similar manner when Peter served as inside linebackers coach and defensive coordinator at Cal. Jackson spent the first two years of his career on the Jets’ practice squad as an undrafted free agent and will now head to New Orleans for Year 3.
After trading for wide receiver/special teamer Irv Charles earlier today, the Seahawks have waived Rudolph, an undrafted rookie, to make room on the roster.