Zack Diles Agrees to 4 year deal with Texans

[BRULL]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/4980475.html

[Pett]

T-Clayton also signed a four year deal with the 49ers. Maybe we lost alot more talent last year than we originally thought...

With Clayton???  Looks like Tarzan run likes Jane....

[asava]

oh man, what a cushy job that is. he is getting paid! $$$$

[Leyton]

oh man, what a cushy job that is. he is getting paid! $$$$

I never thought I'd say this, but...four years, only $1.7 million?  That can't be much above the league minimum.  Anybody know what Clayton's contract money was like?  Apparently the 49ers didn't release the financial info when he signed.

[BBF$$Cat]

True, but better to be on the inside @ $425 k a year  with a chance to show your crap, then on the outside @ $0 'n in!

[Poopley]

Can this be right? No signing bonus?

Thomas Clayton

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Thomas Clayton
   Position:HB
College:Kansas State
Number:35
Signed through:2007 (Draft tender)
Height:5-10
Weight: 211
   Alternate Position:
Age: 27
Date of Birth: 1984-04-26
Birth City:Alexandria, VA
Acquired: 2007-6th round    Drafted: 2007
By:San Francisco
Round: 6th
Selection: #186
40 Time: 4.53 (combine, official)
Wonderlic Score:

Year    Salary    Base Salary    Signing Bonus    Other Bonus
2007    $285,000    $285,000    $0    0

[Dirty Sanchez]

rook's beyond the top couple rounds don't get much in the way of signing bonus.  After rd 3 the odds of making the team drop off drastically and the players drafted there are willing to sign just to make the big paycheck for a few weeks or months.  Its a buyer's (team) market and they aren't paying bonuses for that.

[JTKSU]

Are NFL contracts guaranteed, or does he have to make the team each of the four years to be paid?  Either way, him signing a four year deal at least hints at what the Texans hope to see from him.

[willie83]

Age: 27
Date of Birth: 1984-04-26

Does not compute..

[JTKSU]

Age: 27
Date of Birth: 1984-04-26

Does not compute..

Typo.  He just graduated (or left school anyway) last year, so no way he's 27.  (Unless he's a Morman or played minor league baseball first, and I don't believe either is the case here.)

[KSUTOMMY]

oh man, what a cushy job that is. he is getting paid! $$$$

I never thought I'd say this, but...four years, only $1.7 million?  That can't be much above the league minimum.  Anybody know what Clayton's contract money was like?  Apparently the 49ers didn't release the financial info when he signed.

Well he is a 7th rounder, so - that's OK i guess. Hey my job will net me a whopping $208,000 over the same time period... and I HAVE to produce. Diles can get hurt for 2.5 yrs, get better, and STILL get that fat bonus for the 4th year. Plus, thinking like a COMPLETE degenerate - put a $$ figure on the poon-tang that he will be recieving! OK, so it's not a block buster deal - but when all that booty falls into his lap... uh, that sounds pretty good to me!

Clayton... I was shocked that he got THAT much. He disappointed for much of his career, a specimin - no question... but NFL, you will never know.