Jul 172010
The Bengals signed rookie DT Geno Atkins(notes), a fourth-round pick from Georgia, the club announced via its official Twitter feed on Friday. According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, Atkins’ contract is for four years and $2.262 million and includes a signing bonus of $472,450.
The 6-1, 290-pound Atkins was described as an “undersized, explosively quick, one-gap penetrator” whose “value is limited by his lack of stamina and inability to be an every-down player.”
The son of former of Dolphins and Saints S Gene Atkins, Geno Atkins recorded 36 tackles and three sacks as a senior at Georgia.
The Bengals have signed three of their nine draft picks: Atkins, OG Otis Hudson(notes) (Round Five) and WR Dezmon Briscoe(notes) (Round Six).
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