Vikings sign 1st-round pick Garrett Bradbury

Finally, the Vikings have signed their first-round pick.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Vikings announced they have signed offensive lineman Garrett Bradbury. The Vikings selected Bradbury with the 18th overall pick.

Done deal!

The #Vikings have signed 1st-round pick @Gbradbury_11!

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— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) May 14, 2019

Per Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press, Bradbury’s contract is for four year, $12.88. million with a $7.39 million guaranteed.

#Vikings first-round draft pick Garrett Bradbury gets a four-year, $12.88 million contract with a $7.39 million signing bonus. He carries a $2.34 million salary-cap hit for 2019. He has an option, as all first-round picks do, that can be picked up for a fifth season.

— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) May 14, 2019

“It’s good that I can put this to rest and get back to football,” Bradbury added via Vikings.com.

How was Bradbury able to sign his contract? Because of linebacker Eric Kendricks restructuring his contract via ESPN’s Courtney Cronin.

I'm told Eric Kendricks converted about half of his base salary, which is $4,150,000 for 2019, to a signing bonus to create the space needed for Garrett Bradbury.

— Courtney Cronin (@CourtneyRCronin) May 14, 2019

We’ll have more on Kendricks’ contract restructure, but it’s a nice gesture from him so the Vikings could get this deal done. The most-obvious Viking to restructure his deal would have been Kyle Rudolph. We’ll see if the team will work towards restructuring his deal, something that broke down late last week.

The Vikings have signed 11 of 12 draft picks. The only remaining is seventh-round pick, Austin Cutting.