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Seahawks sign No. 5 overall draft pick Devon Witherspoon

SEATTLE -- Cornerback Devon Witherspoon's brief holdout has come to an end.

Witherspoon signed his four-year rookie contract with the Seattle Seahawks, it was announced Friday. The fifth overall selection in April's draft was the last remaining pick who had yet to sign.

The four-year, $31.86 million deal, which is fully guaranteed, includes a $20.17 million signing bonus. It also contains a fifth-year team option that is standard for first-round picks.

The contract parameters were all predetermined; the sticking point was with how the signing bonus would be paid.

The Seahawks, like some other teams, defer portions of bigger bonuses to later dates for cash-flow purposes.