When the Los Angeles Chargers opened their camp to rookies on July 12, they were missing second rounder Tre Harris. A deluge of his fellow Day 2 selections are in the same boat. So why the holdup creating all these potential holdouts?

But Higgins was the first second-rounder to ink his rookie deal this year, and because contracts across all sports are heavily rooted in precedent, the Cleveland Browns quickly followed suit and gave the first pick of the second round (33rd overall), linebacker Carson Schwesinger, a fully-guaranteed deal as well.

Higgins’ historic contract has triggered a league-wide standoff. Agents for other second-round picks are pushing for fully guaranteed deals — or at least for more guaranteed money than previous players in their draft slot have secured. NFL teams have been reluctant to set an unfavorable precedent by making such concessions.

Emmanwori is the trigger man on the league’s impasse with second-rounders. There are 25 other teams with 29 second-round picks other than Seattle’s all waiting to see what Seahawks general manager John Schneider does with Emmanwori’s deal.

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One big holdup could lead to holdouts for many of this year's second-round picks, including Panthers OLB Nic Scourton.

San Francisco 49ers seventh-round draft pick Kurtis Rourke is expected to begin training camp on the non-football injury list, as the rookie quarterback works his way back from his second ACL tear in three years. As the San Francisco 49ers rookie class reported to training...

Rookies are due to report to the Seahawks for training camp Tuesday, but their two second-round draft picks might not be there. Here's why.

There is something interesting going on with Seattle Seahawks second-round picks from the 2025 NFL Draft.... Neither one of them is in Seattle right now as they hold out for a better contract. Safety Nick Emmanwori and Tight End Elijah Arroyo.