Some of Jalen Hurts’ recent extension details have been released, but there’s even more to it that has been released.
The Philadelphia Eagles made a five-year, $255-million commitment to Hurts last week, which included a no-trade clause. The first in franchise history.
According to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, citing sources, the contract includes a $23.294 million signing bonus.
The rest also was reported by Florio:
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2023 base salary: $1.01 million, fully guaranteed.
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2024 option bonus: $38.875 million, fully guaranteed.
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2024 base salary: $1.125 million, fully guaranteed.
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2025 option bonus: $40.83 million, fully guaranteed.
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2025 option bonus: $1.17 million, fully guaranteed.
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2026 option bonus: $49.785 million, $3.696 million of which is fully guaranteed at signing, $16.5 million of which becomes fully guaranteed in March 2024, and $30 million of which becomes fully guaranteed in March 2025.
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2026 base salary: $1.215 million
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2027 option bonus: $44.655 million, $22 million of which becomes fully guaranteed in March 2026, and $696,000 of which becomes fully guaranteed in March 2027.
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2027 90-man roster bonus: $5 million.
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2027 base salary: $1.345 million.
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2028 option bonus: $39.61 million.
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2028 90-man roster bonus: $10 million.
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2028 base salary: $1.39 million.
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Super Bowl win escalator: $500,000 per year, for each subsequent year of the deal.
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NFL MVP escalator: $500,000 per year, for each subsequent year of the deal.
Hurts held a press conference to discuss his new contract and when asked why he didn’t seek a fully-guaranteed contract, he said when it comes to the best teams in the NFL, “it takes a village.”
“Money is nice. Championships are better,” he said.
Across three seasons, Hurts tallied 7,906 yards and 44 touchdowns. He earned Pro Bowl honors in 2022.
There is a new-money average of $51 million per year at Hurts’ signing which makes him the highest-paid player in the league. Well, at least for now.
Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach mentioned he wants to restructure quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ contract after the monetary values of new deals surfaced. The 10-year extension that he signed in 2020 has an AAV of $45 million. Less than Hurts.
Veach said after the deals of Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert are done, he’ll be able to assess everything and go from there.
it appears Hurts set a standard.
