Terrell Finally Agrees to Terms

David Terrell agreed to a five-year contract with the Chicago Bears Sunday, ending a holdout that kept the first-round draft choice from the first nine days of practice.

Terrell, a wide receiver from Michigan and the eighth player chosen in April’s draft, had been the Bears’ only unsigned draft choice.

He is expected to join practice today. The team had a day off Sunday.

Terrell is highest-drafted receiver the Bears have had since Curtis Conway was the seventh pick in 1993.

He is a welcome addition to an ailing receiving corps. Among the injured is Marcus Robinson, whose back injury will sideline him four to eight weeks.

Terrell, a big, strong receiver with speed, left Michigan after his junior year. He was the first player in school history with two seasons of 1,000 yards receiving.

Despite playing all last season with a stress fracture in his right foot, he caught 67 passes for a school-record 1,130 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Coach Dick Jauron plans to use Terrell at flanker, where he will compete with Bobby Engram for a starting job. Engram, the Bears’ leading receiver in 1998-99, was sidelined most of last season with a knee injury.

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The San Francisco 49ers put three key players on an injured reserve list as they held their first full-squad workouts at Stockton.

Tight end Greg Clark, safety Lance Schulters and defensive lineman Junior Bryant were put on the physically-unable-to-perform list, but Clark and Schulters should return to practice soon.

Coach Steve Mariucci also said that running back Garrison Hearst and receiver Tai Streets will have limited participation in the team’s first few workouts.

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The Cleveland Browns signed Barrett Brooks and Scott Sanderson, two veteran offensive linemen, in an effort to replace Tony Jones, who retired Saturday.

Brooks, 6-4, 326 pounds, is a six-year veteran who has started in 62 of 95 games with Philadelphia and Detroit. Sanderson, 6-6, 295 pounds, spent four seasons with Tennessee.

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Kevin Williams, a safety who played 11 games last season with Miami and the New York Jets, signed a two-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Williams played in the first nine games last season with the Jets before being released Nov. 7. He started seven games and had 14 tackles, and returned 21 kickoffs for a 26.2-yard average.

The Eagles also released cornerback Fred Booker.

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Tight end Troy Drayton, a nine-year veteran, signed a one-year contract with the Green Bay Packers for $477,000.