The Philadelphia Eagles officially signed Markel Bell to a standard four-year rookie contract, according to NFL insider Tom Pelissero. The team later confirmed as much.
Bell was the only remaining unsigned pick from the Eagles’ 2026 NFL Draft class.
Aside from rare exceptions, rookie holdouts are a thing of the past. There was never any serious concern that Bell wouldn’t be able to participate in training camp. But now any non-zero chance of that happening is gone.
The Eagles are happy that all eight of their picks put pen to paper.
Here’s a look at the specifics of those deals.
EAGLES ROOKIE CONTRACT PROJECTIONS
via Over The Cap
MAKAI LEMON
Since Lemon was a first-round pick, there’s a fifth-year team option for 2030 in his contract. Over The Cap offers a detailed explanation of the possible categories:
Basic: Players who do not meet any of the requirements below will be eligible for a fifth year base salary calculated from the average of the 3rd to 25th highest salaries at their position over the past five seasons.
Playtime: These players will be eligible for a fifth year base salary calculated from the average of the 3rd to 20th highest salaries at their position over the past five seasons, provided that their snap counts over their first three seasons meet one of the following three criteria: 1) 75% or greater in two of their first three seasons 2) an average of 75% or greater over all three seasons 3) 50% or greater over all three seasons
One Pro Bowl: Players who are named to exactly one Pro Bowl on the original ballot (not as an alternate) will be eligible for a fifth year base salary equal to the transition tender at their position.
Multiple Pro Bowls: Players who are named to two or three Pro Bowls on the original ballot (not as an alternate) will be eligible for a fifth year base salary equal to the franchise tender at their position.
Upon being exercised, the fifth year option is fully guaranteed, and any base salary in the player’s fourth year that was not fully guaranteed will become so.
ELI STOWERS
MARKEL BELL
COLE PAYTON
MICAH MORRIS
COLE WISNIEWSKI
UAR BERNARD
KEYSHAWN JAMES-NEWBY
