Sources: Broncos, 1st-rounder Barron reach deal

With rookie cornerback Jahdae Barron reporting to grooming campy with different Denver Broncos rookies Wednesday aft reaching statement connected a contract, Shemar Stewart remains the lone unsigned first-round prime from this past April's draft.

Barron, selected astatine No. 20 by the Broncos, agreed to a four-year woody worthy conscionable implicit $18 cardinal that included a signing bonus of $9.8 million, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Broncos privately had small interest Barron's woody would get done arsenic the 2 sides had spent immoderate clip successful negotiations implicit the outgo docket of Barron's signing bonus.

Stewart, selected astatine No. 17 by the Cincinnati Bengals 3 picks earlier the Broncos picked Barron, remains unsigned.

The Broncos' rookies reported for grooming campy Wednesday astatine the team's southbound suburban Denver analyzable and the team's veterans are scheduled to study adjacent Tuesday. The lone unsigned draught prime for the Broncos is moving backmost R.J. Harvey, who similar astir of the second-round picks successful this year's draft, has not agreed to a deal.

Barron, who played aggregate positions astatine Texas including cornerback, nickel cornerback, information arsenic good arsenic linebacker successful immoderate specialty packages, spent overmuch of the Broncos' offseason programme strictly astatine cornerback arsenic manager Sean Payton said helium believed that was champion mode to get Barron acclimated.

But helium figures to beryllium utilized successful a assortment of ways successful the defence if helium continues to beryllium a speedy survey successful the scheme.

"I deliberation erstwhile you ticker his crippled successful college, you spot a precise intelligent player, you spot a feline who played aggregate positions successful college,'' antiaircraft coordinator Vance Joseph said successful minicamp past month. "... He's a precise mature, astute shot subordinate ... His shot skills, his harvester workout ... The full process was truly buttoned up. He was a can't-miss imaginable for us.''

"[He's] ace smart, I would accidental that is the archetypal thing,'' Broncos information Brandon Jones said. "Especially from a rookie. You ever inquire a batch of questions arsenic a rookie, but helium asks the close questions -- precise anxious to learn, ace diversion obviously.''

Barron played successful 55 games astatine Texas with 37 starts. He won the Jim Thorpe Award this past play with 67 tackles, 5 interceptions and 11 walk break-ups. He had 11 tackles successful the team's triumph implicit Arizona State during the assemblage shot playoffs.

9News successful Denver archetypal reported Barron's declaration agreement.