Bengals second-round pick RB Jeremy Hill announced via his Twitter account Sunday that he has signed his rookie contract with the team.
Just inked my deal with the Bengals #WhoDeyNation gonna be a great season
โ Jeremy Hill (@JeremyHill33) May 25, 2014
Hill’s four-year contract is worth an estimated $3,753,600 andย includes a signing bonus of $1,049,892, according toย OverTheCap.com.
It was little surprising to see the Bengals use a second-round draft selection on a running back in back-to-back years, but it appears as though they there are preparing for Hill and Giovani Bernard to be their future running back tandem once BenJarvus Green-Ellis is no longer in the mix.
At LSU, Hill totaledย 2,156 yards rushing on 345 carries (6.25 YPC) and scoredย and 28ย touchdowns over the course of two years. Hill has decent sizeย 6-foot 5/8 and should be able to pushย Green-Ellis for playing time in year, depending on his performance during training camp and the preseason.
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