beast
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3 months ago
Basically they guaranteed UDFA Slot CB Johnathan Baldwin his entire rookie salary, even if he's released, he still gets the money, and threw on a bonus so he's making more than our last draft pick.



Green Bay thinks they got something in UNLV’s Johnathan Baldwin

ESPN’s Rob Demovsky  broke the news on Friday that the Green Bay Packers  guaranteed cornerback Johnathan Baldwin, an undrafted rookie signing, $115,000. For reference, the Packers’ seventh-round pick John Williams is only guaranteed $101,672 on his four-year rookie contract, per Over the Cap .


Green Bay isn’t known for guaranteeing a lot of money to undrafted rookie free agents, though, other teams do somewhat break the bank. It’s not uncommon for other NFL teams to spend in the ballpark of $300,000 in guaranteed money for their top undrafted free agent rookie.


So the Packers must like Baldwin, who was originally announced in media reports as a safety  before being listed by the team as a cornerback. In truth, Baldwin is neither, as he was primarily a slot defender for UNLV. For perspective, Baldwin played 664 snaps in the slot in 2024 for the Rebels and only 92 snaps at safety. Baldwin is one of three cornerbacks the teams signed in undrafted free agency, along with Delaware’s Tyron Herring and Florida Atlantic’s Kahzir “Buggs” Brown.


While their contract details have yet to be reported, two other defenders who may have received decent guarantees by the team are Georgia defensive tackle Nazir Stackhouse and Kentucky linebacker Jamon Johnson (formerly Jamon Dumas-Johnson), who were frequently graded as draftable players on analysts’ big boards.


At the moment, there are only four cornerbacks who are considered “roster locks” on the Packers’ 2025 roster: Jaire Alexander, Keisean Nixon, Nate Hobbs and Carrington Valentine. That’s with the assumption that Alexander will return to the team, which still remains up in the air. Green Bay also drafted Micah Robinson in the seventh round out of Tulane, but they also drafted Kalen King in the seventh round in 2024, and he never made the 53-man roster. King spent the 2024 season on the Packers’ practice squad, along with fellow rookie Kamal Hadden, who was picked in the sixth round by the Kansas City Chiefs .




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greengold
3 months ago

Basically they guaranteed UDFA Slot CB Johnathan Baldwin his entire rookie salary, even if he's released, he still gets the money, and threw on a bonus so he's making more than our last draft pick.

Originally Posted by: beast 


$100k guaranteed, not the entire rookie salary of $840k. The only way he makes more than the last draft pick is if they both get cut before the season. If they both made the team, the draft pick's signing bonus is still $86k higher.

greengold
3 months ago
Demovsky says the Packers don't typically do base salary guarantees for UDFA players but I'm pretty sure they did the same thing last year with someone. Might have been Donovan Jennings who ended up on the practice squad.
beast
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3 months ago

$100k guaranteed, not the entire rookie salary of $840k. The only way he makes more than the last draft pick is if they both get cut before the season. If they both made the team, the draft pick's signing bonus is still $86k higher.

Originally Posted by: greengold 


Thank you for the correction

Demovsky says the Packers don't typically do base salary guarantees for UDFA players but I'm pretty sure they did the same thing last year with someone. Might have been Donovan Jennings who ended up on the practice squad.

Originally Posted by: greengold 


Yes, but that was the first time in Packers history that they did do it.

I believe it's taken over the entire league and there was like 5 teams or fewer that were still holding out, and supposedly it was one of Ball's rules... as they wouldn't guaranteed base salary on veterans contracts and the best way to argue that against agents was to say you don't do it on any of your contacts.

I argued that they should make exceptions on UDFAs as the process of guaranteed certain higher valued ones was taking over the league.

The Packers finally changed their process in 2024 and for the first time, guaranteed some base salary to Donovan Jennings as you pointed out.
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greengold
3 months ago
According to spotrac, Johnathan Baldwin isn't the only UDFA the Packers gave guaranteed salary to.

They show Nazir Stackhouse at $165,000 guaranteed. Tyler Cooper andJamon Johnson along with Johnathan Baldwin at $115,000 guaranteed.
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