Chargers GM Joe Hortiz sees both sides of Tre Harris holdout but hopes rookie WR signs soon Andy BackstromJuly 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM Los Angeles Chargers rookies were supposed to report to training camp Saturday. Four days later, secondround pick Tre Harris is still holding out.
- - - Chargers GM Joe Hortiz sees both sides of Tre Harris holdout but hopes rookie WR signs soon
Andy BackstromJuly 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Los Angeles Chargers rookies were supposed to report to training camp Saturday. Four days later, second-round pick Tre Harris is still holding out.
The former Ole Miss wide receiver is one of 30 second-round picks who have yet to sign their rookie contracts this year.
"You guys know it, there's 30 players that are sitting out, and it is what it is," Chargers general manager Joe Hortiz told reporters Wednesday, when asked about Harris' situation, according to Chargers.com.
Not all 30 of those unsigned second-round picks are sitting out yet. There's a staggered start to training camp across the NFL. The Chargers kicked things off. Rookies on the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers were supposed to report Tuesday. By July 23, all NFL players are expected in training camp.
Although Hortiz wants Harris on the field as soon as possible, he said he sees both sides of the wideouts' holdout.
"I'm not mad, that's the business side of it," he said, via Chargers.com.
Hortiz also noted, as reported by Chargers.com: "I wish I could put a crystal ball in it, I hope it's done soon, I hope he gets out here and practices. Practice is vital for everybody, not just him, everybody. There's a reason we come to camp, you want to hit the ground running Week 1. Every day missed affects everyone differently, but certainly you want guys out here practicing so hopefully we have him out here soon."
The second round-wide signing delay stemmed from two unprecedented contracts signed by the first two players taken in the second round of this year's NFL Draft.
Back in May, former Iowa State wide receiver Jayden Higgins and former UCLA linebacker Carson Schwesinger signed fully guaranteed contracts.
Higgins, the second pick of this year's second round, became the first second-round pick in NFL history to ink a fully guaranteed rookie deal. He did so with the Houston Texans on the eve of the team's minicamp. The next day, the Cleveland Browns signed Schwesinger, the first pick of the second round, to the same kind of contract.
It's been more than two months since, and the rest of the players selected in this year's second round haven't put pen to paper. They reportedly want fully guaranteed compensation, too.
Jeff Eisenberg reported Wednesday that an NFLPA spokesperson told Yahoo Sports that the union is "monitoring this situation closely" and is aiming for other players who were taken in the second round to benefit from more secure contracts, following in the footsteps of Higgins and Schwesinger.
"We work alongside the players and their agents to help them secure the best deal possible, while acknowledging that our members can organize as they see fit for the collective benefit of their financial futures," the NFLPA spokesperson said.
Since the league's 2011 collective bargaining agreement instituted the rookie wage scale, which set firm financial guidelines for each draft slot, rookie holdouts have been rare.
Harris is part of a new movement. Players like him could end up with a long-term gain at a short-team cost.
Because, as Hortiz mentioned, every day of training camp practice is vital, especially for rookies.
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