Being third was no handicap to Larry Fitzgerald.

The wide receiver from Pittsburgh, the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft, and the Cardinals agreed Monday to a six-year contract that could be worth up to $60 million. That puts him in a financial bracket as high or perhaps higher than the first two picks.

“This is something I’ve been dreaming of for 20 years,” Fitzgerald said. “To finally be able to come into training camp and line up and snap helmets on with the likes of Emmitt Smith and Anquan Boldin and Freddie Jones, that’s very exciting for me.”

About $20 million is guaranteed, said a source close to the negotiations, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Eli Manning, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, also got $20 million guaranteed from the New York Giants and $54 million with incentives.

The agreement came four days after Manning and offensive lineman Robert Gallery, the only players drafted ahead of Fitzgerald in April, signed with their teams.

Cardinals football operations vice president Rod Graves, who closed the deal late Sunday with Eugene Parker, Fitzgerald’s agent, declined to compare contracts, but said Fitzgerald’s was strong.

“Certainly he’s happy with it, and we’re just happy to have that deal done,” Graves said.

Fitzgerald missed both practices Monday after getting tied up with paperwork at team headquarters in Tempe, Ariz., but promised to be in uniform this morning.

Fitzgerald’s signing means only seven of the 32 first-round choices were unsigned as camps moved into full swing Monday. Green Bay was the other team to sign its first-rounder, cornerback Ahmad Carroll, 25th overall.

Falcons

First-round draft pick DeAngelo Hall will report to training camp today after reaching terms on a contract that could include the largest signing bonus in franchise history.

Falcons general manager Rich McKay and Hall’s agent, Joel Segal, each confirmed the cornerback’s six-day holdout ended late Monday. McKay and Segal refused to comment on the principles of the deal, but a source familiar with the contact who requested anonymity indicated the NFL’s No. 8 overall pick could expect between $12 million and $13 million in guaranteed money up front.

Bills

Tackle Mike Williams was excused from the second of two Buffalo practice sessions for what the team called personal reasons. Team spokesman Scott Berchtold said Williams’ absence was not injury-related, and coach Mike Mularkey indicated the former first-round draft pick could be back today.

Lions

Wide receiver Roy Williams made his first appearance at training camp. Williams, the seventh overall pick, signed Sunday night after missing two days.

“It’s fun to be out here and start working,” Williams said. “I only missed a day and a half of practices, and I’m caught up already.”

The Lions hope Williams can team with second-year receiver Charles Rogers to form an explosive offense with third-year quarterback Joey Harrington and running back Kevin Jones, the team’s second first-round pick.

Buccaneers

Wide receiver Joe Jurevicius, one of the heroes of Tampa Bay’s run to the Super Bowl two years ago, will undergo back surgery that will keep him out indefinitely. Jurevicius missed most of last season because of a knee injury.

“It’s frustrating, but it’s been frustrating for some time,” coach Jon Gruden said of the injuries to the wide receiver, who starred in the win over Philadelphia in the NFC title game two seasons ago.

Gruden said he didn’t know how long Jurevicius might be out.

“It could be a couple of weeks, it could be a couple of months, it could be the season. I don’t know,” Gruden said. “I don’t want to speculate until I get all the facts.”

Fullback Mike Alstott has not played since getting hit on top of his head Oct. 6 against Indianapolis. He temporarily lost feeling in his legs and experienced a stinging sensation in his arms that night and had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck a month later.

He vowed he would return, then rehabbed diligently during the offseason to make it happen. The 30-year-old was so excited about the first full contact drill of training camp Monday that he dressed and made his way to the practice field more than a half-hour early.

Pro Bowl defensive end Simeon Rice was cleared medically to practice after sitting out the first three days of training camp with an undisclosed illness.

Browns

Hall of Fame wide receiver Paul Warfield is back with the Cleveland Browns. Warfield, 61, who had two stints with the Browns (1964-69 and 1976-77) as a player, has rejoined the team as a scout and career planning consultant. His responsibilities will include scouting college players, evaluating talent for the NFL draft and special projects. Warfield worked in Cleveland’s front office as player-relations director from 1985 to 1987.

Colts

Edgerrin James has big plans this year in Indianapolis. So Miami will have to wait. James said Monday when the Colts opened training camp that he intended to play out the final year of his contract with them, dispelling any notion he would seek a trade to the Dolphins.

“When next year comes, I’ll worry about next year,” James said. “Right now, I’m here, so I’ll worry about that.”

Bengals

Coach Marvin Lewis, who led the Bengals to an 8-8 record last year, signed a new contract shortly after the end of last season, team spokesman Jack Brennan said Monday.

“We were so pleased with how it had gone on and thought he had done an extraordinarily effective job, and we wanted to show him that we appreciated what he had done and offered to extend the contract,” Bengals president Mike Brown said.

Lewis received a new four-year contract that will pay him more than $2 million a season.