Falcons WR White has his new contract signed

WR Roddy White finally got his new contract signed with the Atlanta Falcons. The deal was done on Saturday night and contract terms have not been released. But according to anonymous source, the deal was for six years and included $18.6 million in guaranteed money. If it is true, White will become one of the NFL’s highest-paid receivers.

White ranked the fourth in the NFL last season, with a career-best 88 receptions and a franchise record of 1,382 receiving yards. He was also the first Falcons receiver in a decade to post back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns and the first in club history to tally back-to-back 1,200-yard seasons. But he decided to hold out in order to get a long-term contract as he was entering the final year of his last contract. For that reason, he had been holding out for the first week of training camp before new contract was signed.

Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff said that the team looks forward to having a long association with White since he is "productive on the field and good citizens off it." White would feel happy too. If his holdout failed, he would become a restricted free agent in 2010.