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.
Baltimore selected All-American pass rusher Mike Green with pick No. 59, and reports are that the former Marshall star pass rusher 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.
Schefter reports that 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
NFL teams have no problem colluding against guaranteed contracts, and Green could miss time entering training camp if a deal isn’t reached.
It’s a touchy scenario for Baltimore, which had an urgent need for more explosion at the edge rusher position, so they landed the draft’s most talented but questionable prospect.
Last season, as a redshirt sophomore, Green led the FBS in sacks (17.0), tackles for loss (22.5), sack yardage (144), and tackles by a defensive lineman (84).
His 17 sacks established a new Sun Belt Conference record.
This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Mike Green could hold out as one of the 30 unsigned second-round picks