Redskins Sign DB David Amerson

For Immediate Release
May 17, 2013

REDSKINS SIGN DRAFT PICK DAVID AMERSON

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins announced today that they have signed 2013 second-round draft pick cornerback David Amerson (51st overall). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Amerson (6-1, 205) started 35 of the 39 career games in which he played at NC State, amassing 169 tackles (131 solo), 18 interceptions and three interception returns for touchdowns. His 18 career interceptions are the most in school history and are tied for the third-most in ACC history.
As a junior last season, Amerson started all 13 games for the Wolfpack, earning second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors after leading the conference in interceptions for the second straight year. A year earlier as a sophomore, Amerson led the nation with 13 interceptions, setting ACC and NC State records in the process. That season, he was named the winner of the Jack Tatum Award, given annually to the nation’s top defensive back.

Amerson, 21, was born on Dec. 8, 1991. He attended Dudley H.S. in Greensboro, N.C., where he was ranked as the No. 19 safety in the country by Rivals.

Here are the contracts of the players selected around 51st last year:

Isaiah Pead (50) - 6/6/2012: Signed a four-year, $4.038 million contract. The deal included a $1,376,800 signing bonus. 2013: $573,550, 2014: $757,100, 2015: $940,650, 2016: Free Agent

Jerel Worthy (51) - 5/10/2012: Signed a four-year, $3,948,203 contract. The deal included a $1,311,420 signing bonus. 2013: $569,464, 2014: $748,928, 2015: $928,391, 2016: Free Agent

Zach Brown (52) - 5/21/2012: Signed a four-year, $3.858 million contract. The deal contains $2,201,413 guaranteed -- a $1,246,036 signing bonus and Brown's base salaries in years one and two. 2013: $565,377, 2014: $740,754, 2015: $916,131, 2016: Free Agent

Contract info from http://www.rotoworld.com/