<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Signings roundup: Vikes agree with GreenwayBy Len PasquarelliESPN.comThe Minnesota Vikings have wrapped up deals with all of their draft choices, as the team late Wednesday night reached an agreement in principle with first-round selection Chad Greenway, a linebacker from Iowa who likely will start as a rookie in the club's retooled defense.Barring any last-minute complications, Greenway, the 17th overall choice in the draft, is scheduled to officially sign a five-year contract on Thursday and report along with the rest of the team to training camp. The Vikings' initial practice under first-year head coach Brad Childress is on Friday morning. Financial details of the Greenway contract were not yet available.On Wednesday afternoon, the Vikings signed second-round quarterback Tarvaris Jackson to a four-year contract worth $2.7 million-$2.8 million. The former Alabama State standout is viewed as the Vikings' quarterback of the future, but will be brought along slowly this season, and likely will be No. 3 on the depth chart behind starter Brad Johnson and backup Mike McMahon.There isn't likely to be such an apprenticeship for Greenway, who will challenge veteran E.J. Henderson for the starting job at weakside linebacker in camp. Under new defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin, who has installed the "cover two" scheme he learned while working in Tampa Bay, the Vikings have shuffled their linebackers during spring workouts, seeking the right three-man combination.Greenway was a lightly recruited prospect who played eight-man football at Mt. Vernon (S.D.) High School, but blossomed into a playmaker for the Hawkeyes after overcoming a redshirt season and an injury that sidelined him for the first part of his second season on campus.He started in 38 of his 45 appearances at Iowa and finished with 416 tackles, 29 tackles for losses, seven sacks, four interceptions, 20 passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. At 6-foot-2? and 242 pounds, Greenway is well built, a tough competitor, and a guy who told his agent to make sure he was in camp on time.There was a period following the combine workouts in February when Greenway's draft stock seemed to slip with some scouts because of a subpar 40-yard time. But his campus workouts were solid and it was difficult to ignore his overall playmaking skills.Giants reach agreement with KiwanukaThe New York Giants have reached agreement with defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka of Boston College, the team's first-round choice in the 2006 draft, ESPN.com has learned.The deal, negotiated by agent Tom Condon over the last two days, is for five years, the maximum permitted for a player chosen in the second half of the opening round, and is worth slightly less than $10 million. Kiwanuka was the last player taken in the first round, after the Giants traded back with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who moved up to grab Ohio State wide receiver Santonio Holmes.The Giants already have one of the NFL's top end tandems in Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, and so Kiwanuka likely will slide into the No. 3 spot. He is expected to be used in nickel situations, and the New York coaches during the spring experimented with a four-man rush front that was comprised only of ends.A pure pass-rusher, blessed with an explosive first step and excellent closing speed on the quarterback, Kiwanuka set a school record for sacks, with 37?.In 49 appearances, including 38 starts, Kiwanuka registered 245 tackles, 64? of them for losses, and had three forced fumbles, two recoveries, three interceptions and 13 pass deflections.Kiwanuka has a thin frame (6-foot-5, 261 pounds), and long arms, and probably will need to add more bulk in coming years as he evolves into more than just a situational defender and is forced to play the run more. He doesn't shun the run but has problems anchoring against the run at times because of his size.That said, the Giants coaches intend to get him onto the field as a rookie, and to rotate him into the lineup to spell Strahan and Umenyiora.Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. To check out Len's chat archive, click here Insider.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2531228
