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Broncos first-rounder Ray gets bulk of team's bonus budget

Published Jun. 7, 2015 12:11 a.m. ET

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With the collective bargaining agreement's rookie wage scale, first-round picks don't hold out for contracts like they used to.

But it still pays to be one of the top players taken -- just ask Shane Ray.

The Broncos' top pick received $4.891 million in guaranteed money as the 23rd overall pick of 2015. That's 66 percent of the team's signing bonus allotment for rookies, according to 9News Denver. 

His $9.116 million contract represented about 30 percent of what the Broncos will pay their whole nine-player rookie class, too.

It's a step-down from pre-CBA numbers, but the Missouri product will still make about $5 million more than the Broncos' second-round pick, Ty Sambrailo.

(h/t 9News Denver)

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