Green Bay Avoids Rookie Holdout, Signs Second-Round Offensive Tackle Anthony Belton

Green Bay Avoids Rookie Holdout, Signs Second-Round Offensive Tackle Anthony Belton originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Across the league, 30 of 32 second-round picks of the 2025 NFL Draft were unsigned with training camps approaching fast. Green Bay's recent signing on Friday kept the team from dealing with a rookie holdout nightmare.

With one Packer coming in, though, two made their exits.

Offensive tackle Anthony Belton signed a four-year deal for $8.016 million with 72.95 percent guaranteed ($5.85 million).

The Houston Texans and Cleveland Browns were the first teams to sign their second-rounders, but both contracts were fully guaranteed and caused the rest of the league to hesitate. After Jayden Higgins and Carson Schwesinger, the Chicago Bears signed Luther Burden III during the week of July 13 to a fully guaranteed contract as well.

Belton, though he is unlikely to start for Green Bay, he will compete for guard and tackle. In offseason activities, he practiced as right guard and right tackle despite playing left guard at North Carolina State.

General manager Brian Gutekunst cut defensive linemen Cameron Young and Nesta Jade Silvera on Friday as well.

Young was a fourth-round selection in 2023 and played 16 games with the Seattle Seahawks as a rookie, including one start. After suffering a knee injury, his 2024 season was cut short and Young only appeared in one game.

The Las Vegas Raiders drafted Jade Silvera in the seventh round of the 2023 NFL Draft. He played a total of nine games for the Raiders, two as a rookie and seven in 2024. The lineman had eight tackles, two solos and six assists, last season.

However, both players must now look for a new home as training camps start up.

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 19, 2025, where it first appeared.