RB Joel Bouagnon / GB's Mystery Player

Smokey
Veteran Member Topic Starter

6 years ago

On January 10th 2018, GB signed a RB named Joel Bouagnon. The bears had this N. Illinois product in their TC as a rookie in 2017 when he was injured. A settlement of $1.6 million was agreed upon and Bouagnon was released.

Joel Bouagnon is on the current GB roster. I have tried to discover what he injured, but can't seem to find out. It is a mystery .

What did Joel Bouagnon injure?

Has he fully recovered from that injury?

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beast
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6 years ago

Joel Bouagnon is on the current GB roster. I have tried to discover what he injured, but can't seem to find out. It is a mystery .

What did Joel Bouagnon injure?

Originally Posted by: Smokey

Here is some info

The Northern Illinois product's career has gotten off to a slow start thus far -- largely due to a knee injury that landed him on the Bears' injured reserve last August

www.cbssports.com wrote:

Bouagnon, who measures in at 6’1” and 230 pounds, had a pre-draft visit with the Packers last spring and worked out for the team in October. At his Pro Day in March, he ran the 40-yard dash in a reported 4.66 seconds but stood out in other drills, posting an excellent time of 6.90 seconds in the 3-cone drill and having jumps of 34” (vertical) and 10 feet, two inches (broad). He was a productive college back as well, rushing for nearly 1,300 yards with 18 touchdowns in 2015 and putting up over 1,000 yards from scrimmage and nine touchdowns as a senior in 2016.

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Cheesey
Preferred Member

6 years ago

He’ll probably get a shot, but would have to bowl over the coaches in order to surpass Jones and Williams (and Monty).

Smokey
Veteran Member Topic Starter

6 years ago

Discovering that Bouagnon's injury was to a knee only explains part of the story. The Bears thought it was serious enough to settle with him for $1.6 million. I'd still like to know more about his injury.

I trust that GB would not have signed him if his injuries had not 100% healed. I've had a broken knee cap myself and know that 100% recovery is the normal result. ACL and MCL injuries however can vary in severity and length of recovery time. I hope that he will be a great new asset for the Packers.

beast
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6 years ago

Originally Posted by: Smokey

As far as explaining the story, where is the source saying that he got $1.6 million in his injury settlement?

Bouagnon's contract was a 3 years for $1.66 million, with $465,000 base in year 1... so giving him $1.6 (96%+ of entire contract) for getting injured in the first year just seems wrong... which is why you are probably wondering about how injury... especially since the Bears would probably only be on the hook for the first year pay of $465,000 for keeping him on the IR the entire year.

I don't know what this money was for, but overthecap.com suggest that Bouagnon's dead cap hit to the Bears is only $48,441. I'm not sure if that's just signing bonus or injury settlement. But it is 10.4% (almost two games worth) of his first years pay, which seems more like a settlement to me than basically paying his entire 3 years worth of contract.

Smokey
Veteran Member Topic Starter

6 years ago

Originally Posted by: beast

I was in error as to his settlement amount with the bears. Gee I must be human like everyone else.

Bouagnon signed a 3 year $1.66 million contract with the Bears. Following his injury, he accepted $44,934 in an injury settlement and was released by the Bears. I can't say what he signed with GB for or exactly what the injury was to his knee, but I would like to know both.

gbguy20
Veteran Member

6 years ago

Unnecessary asshole response.

beast
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6 years ago

Originally Posted by: Smokey

I know, it's just the injury settlement amount was the most interesting part of this "Mystery" to me... and you keep saying explain the story. Explaining that amount was the biggest part of the story to me.

This overthecap.com link, which I posted above, tells his contact details

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One year, for $480,000 with nothing guaranteed

The only mystery left, is what type of knee injury did he have? We're not going to know that unless Bouagnon or someone on Bouagnon inner circle talks (or if one of you see him in person).

But considering it was less than 2 games worth of checks... the knee injury might of been a less serious knee injury.

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