Event Date: February 9th, 1983
Event Description: New USFL Stars
Source: New York Times
Kelvin Bryant and Irv Eatman, two of last season's top college players, signed rich multiyear contracts today with the Philadelphia Stars of the United States Football League.
The Stars also announced at a news conference the signing of Scott Fitzkee, a wide receiver who played out his option with the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League, and Roger Jackson, a safety on the Penn State team that finished the season as the No.1-ranked team of 1982.
It had been reported that Bryant, a running back from North Carolina, would earn about $300,000 a year for three years. But his agent, Perry Deering, said that those figures were low and that Bryant had signed a four-year guaranteed contract worth closer to $2 million.
Bryant, a 6-foot-2-inch, 195-pounder who rushed for more than 1,000 yards in each of his final three seasons, said he might have waited to make a choice between the leagues if the N.F.L. draft had been earlier. ''But I came here to visit, was pleased with the organization and liked the idea of playing in the spring,'' he said.
Eatman, a tackle from U.C.L.A., reportedly received a four-year pact worth close to $1 million.
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