Top pick agrees to contract with Rams

ST. LOUIS -- Defensive end Chris Long has agreed to a long-term deal with the St. Louis Rams, leaving plenty of time for the second overall pick in the 2008 draft to report to training camp.

The Rams project Long will start at right end, beefing up an anemic pass rush. The team did not disclose the terms of the deal Sunday.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch had reported on its Web site Saturday night that the son of Hall of Famer Howie Long was expected to sign a deal that covers at least five years early this week.

The Rams report to training camp at Concordia University in Mequon, Wis., on Thursday.

Long said after the Rams picked him that it was "very important" to be in training camp on time.

"I want to be a good teammate and I want to set my best foot forward, and I don't want to show up when people have already started working," Long said in April. "I'm going to do my best to get in camp, everything in my power."

St. Louis also agreed to terms with seventh-round pick Chris Chamberlain, a linebacker from Tulsa. Chamberlain set a single-season school record with 165 tackles as a senior.

The Rams have signed five of their eight draft picks.