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Clausen, Tate reach NFL deals

Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate will not miss a minute of their first NFL training camps.

The former Notre Dame standouts agreed to terms with their teams Wednesday, according to Associated Press reports.

Clausen signed a four-year contract that includes $2.53 million in guarantees with the Carolina Panthers. The former Irish quarterback was selected in the second round and was the last of Carolina’s 10 draft selections to be signed.

According to the AP, agent Gary Wichard and the Panthers worked through the night to reach a deal, which was struck after a fourth-year escalator – a rarity for a second-round pick – was included that tops out at $2.85 million. The total package could be worth as much as $6.3 million.

Clausen will likely start practice Thursday as the third-string quarterback behind Matt Moore and Hunter Cantwell, but could eventually challenge Moore for the starting job.

Tate, the former Irish receiver who was selected in the second round by the Seattle Seahawks, posted on his Twitter page that he had agreed to terms and conditions on his first NFL deal.

Seattle's training camp begins Saturday.

The Journal Gazette's Assistant Sports Editor Tony Krausz covers The University of Notre Dame. Krausz, a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a native of St. Louis, has been assistant sports editor since October 2005. Prior to joining the JG, he worked at two papers in Mississippi covering high school and college athletics.

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