Chosen No. 4 overall, Campbell will likely be hooked up to a lofty absolutely assured pact ($43.66M). New England can have a fifth-year choice on this contract, protecting the 2029 season. This deal leaves Travis Hunter as the only top-10 pick unsigned.
The total assure on Campbell’s contract already ranks fifth amongst LTs, trailing solely Andrew Thomas, Laremy Tunsil, Ronnie Stanley and Christian Darrisaw. Campbell’s No. 4 draft place this 12 months requires a considerably greater quantity than final 12 months’s No. 4 selection (Marvin Harrison Jr.) acquired — at $35.37M. The participant Campbell has vowed to guard, 2024 No. 3 general selection Drake Maye, may even see his LT’s phrases outdistance his significantly. Maye is tied to a four-year, $36.64M accord.
Though Cam Ward‘s No. 1 draft slot has not caught up with the monster funds the pre-rookie-scale period introduced No. 1 QB decisions, Campbell’s AAV and full assure have handed the ultimate pre-rookie-scale No. 4 draftee (Trent Williams). The long run Corridor of Famer signed a six-year, $60M Washington deal in 2010; that pact got here with $26.38M absolutely assured. Campbell is the primary rookie-deal O-lineman to surpass these phrases within the rookie-scale period.
Transferring past financials, the Patriots can have Campbell (barring damage) of their Week 1 lineup at left sort out. This comes after an ill-fated 2024 plan backfired, as a handful of choices — free agent signings, low-end commerce acquisitions and a waiver declare — took turns on the marquee O-line spot. The primary of these choices (Chukwuma Okorafor) left the team after one game.
The Pats regrouped at sort out in Mike Vrabel‘s first offseason in cost, including Morgan Moses
to man the right side and focusing on Campbell in Spherical 1. Though the Pats pursued
Dan Moore Jr. and Cam Robinson
for the blind side, Campbell and Moses will give Maye a greater sort out setup in comparison with the makeshift configuration 2024 introduced.
A consensus All-American at LSU, Campbell actually carried out like an elite LT in school. He nonetheless carried query marks heading into the draft. Particularly, scouts usually criticized his lack of arm size. Campbell’s arm size measured 32.68 inches on the Mix, which falls in need of the 33-inch level groups goal with tackles. Oddly, Campbell then measured an even 33 inches at LSU’s pro day. No matter Campbell’s arm size, the Patriots were linked to the elite SEC blocker for months.
The Patriots have been unable to discover a regular LT choice since Nate Solder‘s prolonged tenure. Solder, who had succeeded long-running Tom Brady blind-sider Matt Gentle, left for a monster Giants contract in 2018. New England did nicely to land Trent Brown in a pick-swap commerce with San Francisco that 12 months, however its first-round decide that weekend — Isaiah Wynn — didn’t set up himself as a long-term choice there. The Vrabel-Eliot Wolf pair will hope Campbell can achieve this, as his efficiency will likely be central to Maye’s growth.
