of the second round. Top pick will get 20+ million over four year. 15th pick overall will get half that. A large part of that money comes in up front signing bonuses for first round picks. Once you get to the latter half of the 2nd round, salaries flatten out and the amount of guaranteed money gradually drops. 3rd and 4th round picks are getting three million dollars deals with only 700K in guaranteed money.

So if another year at Tech would have resulted in Settle being a first rounder, and he slips to the third round, how wise a move was it for him to leave early?