The Houston Texans picked wide receiver Jayden Higgins with the No. 34 overall selection in April's 2025 NFL draft and then further invested in him by signing a fully guaranteed, four-year rookie contract. This contract is now causing quite a headache for NFL front offices across the league.

On May 8, the Texans signed wide receiver Jayden Higgins to a fully guaranteed four-year, $11.7 million contract. As the No. 34 overall selection, Higgins became the first second-round draft pick since the 2011 rookie wage scale was implemented to receive the complete financial protection typically reserved for first-rounders.

The amount of guaranteed money in the second-round deals has been at issue ever since the Texans signed Jayden Higgins, the second pick of the round, to the first-ever fully guaranteed contract for a second-rounder in May.