Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Brian Kelly, who contemplated not reporting to camp after being rejected in a bid to restructure his contract, decided Friday afternoon to report on time.

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"The only way to let people know about my contract situation was to consider not reporting," Kelly said. "I haven't said anything bad about the team and wouldn't. Before this, though, I don't think anybody knew that my salary was that low in comparison to others."

In 20002, Kelly signed a six-year, $15.23 million contract. He is scheduled to make $1 million this season. He ranks 27th among cornerbacks in terms of average salary ($2,504,167) and compensation in the first two years of a contract ($3.825 million). Kelly estimates that he is making 40 percent less than current Bucs cornerback Ronde Barber and former Bucs cornerback Donnie Abraham during the first two years of their contracts. Barber made $6 million in the first two years of his current contract and Abraham, whom Kelly replaced as a starter, made $6.5 million.

Last season, Kelly led the NFL with eight interceptions and had 21 pass defenses, more than any cornerback who went to the Pro Bowl.

"My biggest complaint is that a team can come to a player after a bad season and ask him to take a pay cut," Kelly said. "But if a player has a good season, it's hard for him to ask a team to increase his salary if he has a good season. There is no way of leveling out the contract from the player's perspective."

Kelly wrestled with the idea of reporting late until Friday morning when he felt the best decision was to drive from Tampa to Orlando.

"I'm excited and ready to go," Kelly said. "I took part in everyone of the offseason workouts and I'm not looking to make a distraction."