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NFL fifth-year option tracker: 2021 first round draft class

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The deadline is approaching for NFL teams to pick up fifth-year options on the rookie contracts of 2021 first-round draft picks. Teams must decide on whether to keep those players for a fifth season by May 2.

Some teams will sign players -- like Eagles WR DeVonta Smith -- to contract extensions, others will pick up the option and see if the player continues to develop, or teams can decline to keep the player for a fifth season.

Below, we will be tracking all of the picked up and declined options for the 2021 class.