Tyler Onyedim

No. 98 · Rookie

Tyler Onyedim just signed his first NFL contract — four years with the Denver Broncos

Every NFL career has a first piece of paper. For Tyler Onyedim, a rookie defensive tackle, that moment just arrived.

Onyedim is new to all of this — no long trail of headlines, no prior stops, just a player at the start of something. The Denver Broncos liked what they saw enough to make it official, signing him to a four-year deal worth $7.39 million, with a $1.83 million signing bonus.

That bonus is the real thing. It is the number that means the contract is real, that the calls home are about something concrete now.

Four years is a long time to prove yourself. It is also exactly the runway a rookie needs.

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Tyler Onyedim

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