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Ridley’s four-year rookie deal worth $10.9 million

Falcons first-round draft pick Calvin Ridley discusses being drafted and how he feels that he was the top wide receiver in the draft. (Video by D. Orlando Ledbetter)
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May 3, 2018

Falcons first-round draft pick wide receiver Calvin Ridley’s four-year deal will be worth $10.9 million with a signing bonus just over $6 million, an NFL source told Zach Klein of Channel 2 Action News.

Ridley was selected with the 26th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft on Thursday.

Baker Mayfield, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft is set to make close to $33 million over four years.

The Falcons will also have the right to pick up the fifth-year option on Ridley’s deal.

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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.

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