AP: Coleman signs 6th-round tender

[TopFrog]

http://sports.espn.go.com/newyork/news/story?id=5088307

[SIZE=14pt]Coleman signs 6th-round tender[/SIZE]

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Backup cornerback Drew Coleman, a restricted free agent, has signed his sixth-round tender with the New York Jets.

Coleman signed the one-year tender, worth $1.176 million, on Wednesday, leaving running back-kick returner Leon Washington as the Jets' only remaining unsigned restricted free agent.

Coleman, a sixth-round pick out of TCU in 2006, started one game last season and finished with 22 tackles and four passes defensed primarily as a backup. He has 77 tackles, two sacks and an interception in four NFL seasons.


Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press

 

[2314@work]

QUOTE(TopFrog @ Apr 15 2010, 06:26 AM) [snapback]544935[/snapback]
http://sports.espn.go.com/newyork/news/story?id=5088307

[SIZE=14pt]Coleman signs 6th-round tender[/SIZE]

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Backup cornerback Drew Coleman, a restricted free agent, has signed his sixth-round tender with the New York Jets.

Coleman signed the one-year tender, worth $1.176 million, on Wednesday, leaving running back-kick returner Leon Washington as the Jets' only remaining unsigned restricted free agent.

Coleman, a sixth-round pick out of TCU in 2006, started one game last season and finished with 22 tackles and four passes defensed primarily as a backup. He has 77 tackles, two sacks and an interception in four NFL seasons.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press

Good for Drew. A poor kid from Henderson now making more than $1 million. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

 

[bronco]

How many years do you have to be in the league to be eligible for the NFL pension?

 

[50FT FROG]

QUOTE(bronco @ Apr 15 2010, 04:16 PM) [snapback]545065[/snapback]
How many years do you have to be in the league to be eligible for the NFL pension?

i think 5 but i'm not sure.

 

[2314@work]

QUOTE(bronco @ Apr 15 2010, 11:16 AM) [snapback]545065[/snapback]
How many years do you have to be in the league to be eligible for the NFL pension?

Will change soon with new CBA.

 

[Delmonico]

QUOTE(bronco @ Apr 15 2010, 11:16 AM) [snapback]545065[/snapback]
How many years do you have to be in the league to be eligible for the NFL pension?



The NFL's pension plan covers every eligible player (meaning he played four years in the league) since 1920. That four-year requirement drops to three for players in the league after 1992. Full benefits are available at the age of 55, with a minimum payout of $200 a month for each season played in the NFL. IOW - Drew's eligible now.


The new CBA probably won't change eligibility requrements for current players, but they'll probably change benefits and eligibility for older players.

 

[froginaustin]

For those of us (me) that honestly don't know, what is a "sixth round tender"?

 

[2314@work]

QUOTE(RSF @ Apr 15 2010, 11:38 AM) [snapback]545084[/snapback]
The NFL's pension plan covers every eligible player (meaning he played four years in the league) since 1920. That four-year requirement drops to three for players in the league after 1992. Full benefits are available at the age of 55, with a minimum payout of $200 a month for each season played in the NFL. IOW - Drew's eligible now.
The new CBA probably won't change eligibility requrements for current players, but they'll probably change benefits and eligibility for older players.

brought to you by google (quit taking credit, Shack)

 

[Delmonico]

QUOTE(froginaustin @ Apr 15 2010, 11:49 AM) [snapback]545096[/snapback]
For those of us (me) that honestly don't know, what is a "sixth round tender"?



Teams can offer contracts to their restricted free agents in amts based on when they were drafted in order get compensation should that player sign with another team.

 

[Delmonico]

QUOTE(2314 @ Apr 15 2010, 11:52 AM) [snapback]545099[/snapback]
brought to you by google (quit taking credit, Shack)



I didn't realized that google had bought the NFL........

 

[froginaustin]

QUOTE(RSF @ Apr 15 2010, 10:53 AM) [snapback]545100[/snapback]
Teams can offer contracts to their restricted free agents in amts based on when they were drafted in order get compensation should that player sign with another team.

Thank you.