JUST IN: The Bengals signed all eight draft picks.

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The Bengals have signed all eight of their NFL Draft picks. The following players were signed: DE Myles Murphy, CB DJ Turner II, S Jordan Battle, WR Charlie Jones, HB Chase Brown, WR Andrei Iosivas, P Brad Robbins, and CB DJ Ivey.

Murphy (6-5, 270) was selected in the first round (28th overall) out of Clemson University. He appeared in 38 career games with 27 starts for the Tigers over three seasons (2020-22), recording 119 tackles, 17.5 sacks, 37 TFLs, six FFs, and five PDs. He was named to the All-ACC Second Team in both 2021 and 2022.

Turner (5-11, 180) was drafted in the second round (60th overall) out of the University of Michigan. He attended Michigan for four seasons (2019-22), appearing in 36 games with 22 starts. He has 69 tackles (53 solo), 20 PDs, three interceptions, and one FR. He was chosen to the All-Big Ten Second Team in 2022.

Battle (6-1, 210) was drafted in the third round (95th overall) out of the University of Alabama. He appeared in 54 games with 44 starts during four seasons (2019-22), totaling 251 tackles, one sack, 16 PDs, six INTs, and one FR. In both the 2021 and 2022 seasons, he was named a third-team All-American and first-team All-SEC.

Jones (6-0, 183) was chosen in the fourth round (131st overall) out of Purdue University. He spent one season at Purdue (2022), after two years at Iowa (’20-21) and one year at Buffalo (’18). He was a second-team All-American and All-Big Ten first teamer in 2022, when he led the FBS in receptions (110), while ranking second in receiving yards (1361) and fifth in receiving TDs (12).

Brown (5-10, 211) was selected in the fifth round (163rd overall) out of the University of Illinois. He played in 34 games with 27 starts in four seasons (2019-22) for the Fighting Illini, amassing 3206 rushing yards on 605 carries (5.3-yard average) with 18 TDs. He also caught 48 passes for 446 yards and three TDs. He was a second-team All-American and a second-team All-Big Ten pick in 2022.

Iosivas (6-3, 205) was a sixth-round pick (206th overall) out of Princeton University. In 29 games with 20 starts over three seasons (2019-22), he caught 125 passes for 1909 yards (15.3-yard average) and 16 TDs. He was an FCS second-team All-American and a first-team All-Ivy League selection in 2022.

Robbins (6-1, 205) was also taken in the sixth round (217th overall) out of the University of Michigan. He was a five-year letter winner for the Wolverines (2017, ’19-22), and in 44 games he had 179 punts for 7698 yards (43.0-yard gross average), with 61 downed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line. He was a three-time All-Big Ten selection (2017, ’20-21), and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (’21-22).

Ivey (6-1, 192) was chosen in the seventh round (246th overall) from the University of Miami (Fla.). He played five seasons (2018-22) with the Hurricanes, appearing in 58 games and making 32 starts. He had 127 tackles (92 solo), four TFLs, one sack, 17 PDs, six interceptions, and two FFs.

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