In the past several years, the Green Bay Packers have negotiated slightly different rookie contracts with players that they have selected in the third round of the NFL Draft. While the contracts signed with players drafted in every other round included only base salary and signing bonus language, third-round picks have received part of their compensation in the form of workout bonuses as well.
This oddity comes as a result of teams having more wiggle room to negotiate with third-round picks. This year’s third-rounder, tight end Jace Sternberger, was the final Packers draftee to sign his rookie contract, doing so on Monday just before the start of minicamp.