The Styles signing was formally announced the first day of Commanders rookie minicamp, a three-day session where draft picks, undrated free agents, tryout players and select others convene for an orientation or sorts in schematics and how the organization runs. He’ll be wearing No. 52 out on the field, as announced by the Commanders on Thursday morning.
Contracts are typically signed around this time, with the rookie wage scale taking much of the negotiating out of these initial contracts. That’s why they typically come so quickly and (generally) have since the wage scale was introduced in 2011.
The Commanders and their fans are excited to see Styles work. He was a first-team All-American with the Buckeyes in 2025, an amazing feat for someone who transitioned from safety to linebacker the previous year. We all heard about his amazing NFL Scouting Combine performance, where he wowed the league and cemented himself as a premier draft prospect.