The 2025 NFL draft concluded over seventy days ago, and while most of the first-round picks and late-round picks have signed, there are thirty-second-round picks that are still unsigned, with less than a week to go before training camps kick off around the league for all 32 teams.
Philadelphia selected playmaking safetyAndrew Mukuba with the 64th pick, and reports from around the league are that the former Texas star and 29 other second-round picks are haggling over guaranteed money on the standard four-year deal.
Heading into the weekend and less than a month from training camp, only two of the NFL’s 32 second-round draft picks have signed. Deals are stalled over whether or not contracts will be fully guaranteed. The only two 2025 second-round picks now signed are Cleveland’s Carson… pic.twitter.com/qSdstBAMgX
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 27, 2025
First-round picks usually have guaranteed four-year deals with a potential fifth-year option, but up until this past April, fully guaranteed contracts weren’t the norm for second-round picks. That all changed when the Texans gave Jayden Higgins, the 34th overall pick, the first fully guaranteed contract ever for a second-round pick on May 8. On May 9, the Browns followed suit, offering Carson Schwesinger, the 33rd overall pick in the second round, a fully guaranteed contract as well.
Since then, no second-round picks have signed.
Los Angeles Chargers second-round rookie wide receiver Tre Harris may be a training camp holdout and could well be the first in an unprecedented number after he did not report on Saturday — the deadline for rookies — NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
The deadline for #Chargers rookies to report is upon us and second round WR Tre Harris is officially a holdout, sources say.
With 30 of the 32 second-round picks unsigned because of a disagreement over guaranteed money, Harris makes the first official stand. pic.twitter.com/Z2PU9p0wEc
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 12, 2025
Jim Harbaugh’s Chargers will be the first team to open training camp, with veterans scheduled to report on Wednesday.
NFL teams have no problem colluding against guaranteed contracts, and Mukuba could miss time entering training camp if a deal isn’t reached. It’s a problematic and urgent scenario for Philadelphia, which traded C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Texans, and could benefit from having a more athletic clone step into his shoes. Over his final 26 games in college, Mukuba recorded 18 pass breakups and committed zero penalties. Mukuba allowed just 74 yards and a 12.1 passer rating on 401 coverage snaps last season, per PFF.
The Austin, Texas native, and Longhorns star played one year at Texas after spending three seasons at Clemson.
This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Andrew Mukuba could hold out as one of 30 unsigned second-round picks
