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Bears get Floyd
- Updated: April 28, 2016
With the ninth overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, the Bears select Georgia linebacker Leonard Floyd.
CBSSports.com’s Pete Prisco gave the pick a B-.
Floyd Grade: B-. Supposed pass rushers are over-drafted, but he is athletic. Gets moved out in the run game way too much
— Pete Prisco (@PriscoCBS) April 29, 2016
Well, the Bears must’ve really wanted Floyd, because in order to get him, they were forced to engineer a trade with the Buccaneers. Moving up from No. 11 to No. 9 ended up costing them a fourth-round pick, in addition to swapping first rounders, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Here’s what the move will cost financially:
The maximum Leonard Floyd will get in his 4-year rookie deal is $15,782,987, which includes a signing bonus of no more than $9,678,536.
— Joel Corry (@corryjoel) April 29, 2016
In three seasons as a linebacker at Georgia, Leonard Floyd compiled 182 total tackles and 17 sacks. He owns the necessary quickness to serve as an effective pass rusher at …
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