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Top picks Manning, Gallery sign big contracts

Deals reached just in time for training camp

Published: Friday, July 30, 2004 12:53 p.m. MDT
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First-rounder Kenechi Udeze, a defensive end from USC taken at No. 20 overall, and second-rounder Dontarrious Thomas, a linebacker from Auburn, remained unsigned with training camp set to open Friday.

LIONS: Detroit signed cornerback Keith Smith and linebacker Alex Lewis.

The Lions selected Smith out of McNeese State in the third rounder and took Lewis out of Wisconsin in the fifth.

Wide receiver Roy Williams, one of Detroit's two first-round draft choices and the seventh overall pick, remains unsigned.

JAGUARS: Jacksonville agreed to terms with kicker Josh Scobee, cornerback Chris Thompson and defensive end Bobby McCray.

Scobee, one of three fifth-round picks, was a three-time All-WAC kicker at Louisiana Tech and is expected to compete with Seth Marler and Jeff Chandler for the starting job. Thompson, another fifth-round pick, was drafted

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CARDINALS: Arizona signed guard Nick Leckey, its sixth-round pick out of Kansas State. The Cardinals also came to terms with offensive lineman Everett Lindsay, who has played 136 games with Minnesota, Cleveland and Baltimore since 1993.

49ERS: Punter Andy Lee and linebacker Richard Seigler agreed to three-year contracts with San Francisco.

Seigler, a fourth-round selection, was a two-time All-Pac-10 linebacker at Oregon State, where he played three seasons for 49ers coach Dennis Erickson.

Lee, a sixth-round draft choice, was a two-time All-Big East punter at Pittsburgh.

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No. 1 draft pick Eli Manning walks to the New York Giants practice facility in Albany, N.Y.

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