Chargers, QB Justin Herbert Comply with 5-Yr Extension Value $262.5 Million, AP Supply Says

Justin Herbert is about to turn into the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback by annual wage, agreeing to a five-year, $262.5 million extension with the Los Angeles Chargers on Tuesday.

The extension got here because the Chargers reported for coaching camp earlier within the day. Their first follow might be Wednesday.

Herbert’s whole worth and $52.5 million common per season surpasses the $260 million, five-year extension ($52 million common) Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson signed three months in the past, an individual near the negotiations instructed The Related Press.

The individual spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity as a result of the Chargers didn’t launch the monetary particulars.

Herbert is the second member of the 2020 class to signal a profitable extension, after Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts signed a five-year extension price $255 million.

Herbert’s contract additionally units the enjoying area for the Cincinnati Bengals and Joe Burrow. Bengals proprietor Mike Brown on Monday mentioned that talks stay ongoing.

Kansas Metropolis’s Patrick Mahomes is within the third yr of a 10-year contract price $450 million.

The 25-year-old Herbert — the sixth general decide within the 2020 draft — is the primary quarterback in NFL historical past to start his profession with three consecutive seasons of at the very least 4,000 passing yards and is one in all two gamers to throw 25 touchdowns in every of their first three years.

Since getting into the league, Herbert is second within the league in completions (1,316), third in passing yards (14,089) and sixth in TD passes (102).

Regardless of Herbert’s numbers as one of many league’s prime passers, it nonetheless hasn’t pushed the Chargers into the echelon of Tremendous Bowl contenders. Los Angeles is 25-25 together with the playoffs with Herbert below heart.

Final season the Chargers reached the postseason for the primary time since 2018 with a 10-7 document. They’d a disappointing ending to their season after they blew a 27-point, first-half lead and misplaced to Jacksonville 31-30 within the first spherical of the playoffs.

Herbert was set to enter the ultimate yr of his rookie contract and had a base wage of $4.2 million for the upcoming season. The Chargers picked up his fifth-year choice for 2024 price $29.5 million.

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