I like the money as a sign of who values who.
Conversation- he's got a third or fourth round grade. Yeah well he wasn't drafted.
Sooo the rankings and a bit of every review are a bit questionable til we see some money thrown at them.
If they're going to pay a UDFA more than a sixth round pick, ok then. Maybe it was just like us and our WW and end of draft. Maybe stories of agents asking teams not to draft them. Lots of maybes.
I'm not sure why finding information about signing bonuses and guaranteed money for UDFAs is so difficult this year. It seems like multiple sources had it readily available within their tracker in previous seasons.
My recollection from digging deeper in the past is that agents of the most coveted UDFAS might actually be telling teams not to draft their guy after the 5th or 6th round. Of course, every case is different. However, anyone drafting deep enough in leagues where they're considering 5th and 6th round RBs shouldn't immediately discount UDFAs just because "nobody bothered to draft them".
Here's a very unofficial list of the largest signing bonuses and guaranteed base salaries that I could find from twitter and google. Sorry, for making this RB-centric. I think it's probably the most relevant UDFA position for actually finding a gem.
RB
$25K bonus / $250K guaranteed: Kendall Milton uga to phi, Blake Watson mem to den
$15K bonus / $100K guaranteed: George Holani bsu to sea
couldn't find anything for Dillon Johnson ten, Frank Gore Jr buf, Cody Schrader sf, Austin Jones was
other big bonuses & guarantees
Chig Anusiem was cb $50K bonus / $350K guaranteed
Xavier Weaver ari wr $30K bonus / $255K guaranteed
Jalen Coker car wr $25K bonus / $225K guaranteed
Isaiah Williams det wr $25K bonus / $225K guaranteed
Sam Hartman was qb $20K bonus / $245K guaranteed
Tyler Owens was s $20K bonus / $225K guarantee
Garret Greenfield ol $20k bonus / $195K guaranteed
Andre Sam $20K bonus / $150K guaranteed
couldn't find anything for Gabriel Murphy ucla / min, edge that's supposed to be one of the higher priority guys.
Supposedly, $30K/$255K is commensurate with what a drafted player would get at the bottom of round 5.
EDIT: a few of these are on spotrac. Most don't have the detail. I guess it will just take some time.