Are you bored with studying about San Francisco 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk at this level? In case you are, I can’t blame you. If, nevertheless, you want to examine his new contract particulars after he signed a four-year, $120 contract extension on Friday, be happy to take action.
Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Speak is the primary to get the total Aiyuk contract particulars and you may learn all of them proper right here. I cannot recap yearly however will spotlight the main points, all of which I’ve tabled up beneath.
For starters, Aiyuk obtained a $23 million signing bonus and a totally assured base wage in 2024 of $1.125 million. Which means he’ll earn $24.125 million in 2024. Take into account that Aiyuk was beforehand scheduled to earn $14.124 million in 2024 as a part of the fifth-year possibility that was picked up on his rookie contract. In brief, Aiyuk will earn an extra $10.001 million extra in 2024 than he beforehand was set to earn.
As Florio studies, Aiyuk has two possibility bonuses in his contract in 2025 and 2026 with quantities of $22.855 million and $24.935 million respectively. As Florio studies, $20.875 million of that $24.875 million that Aiyuk is scheduled to earn in 2025 is absolutely assured at signing. Which means so far as full ensures go, Aiyuk’s complete out to $45 million. His full money circulation by 2025 is $49 million so he almost bought the primary two years of his deal absolutely assured. The remaining $4 million turns into absolutely assured on April 1, 2025, per Florio.
Aiyuk’s contract extension consists of exercise bonuses of $100,000 in 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028. He additionally has per-game roster bonuses he can earn in every of these years that complete out at $750,000 in every.
That 2026 possibility bonus of $24.935 million is assured for harm at signing and it turns into absolutely assured as of April 1, 2025, per Florio.
If you happen to have a look at Aiyuk’s money circulation all through his extension, it’s principally even general. He’s even scheduled to earn $30 million within the closing 12 months of his deal, which is 2028. He’ll even earn a fair $90 million by the third new 12 months of his deal, which is 2027.
Utilizing the double possibility bonus format will enable the 49ers to restructure Aiyuk’s contract alongside the best way to assist handle his annual wage cap prices. By the best way, Aiyuk’s 2024 wage cap cost will now be simply $5.725 million, down from $14.124 million. In brief, these possibility bonuses will likely be handled like signing bonuses after which prorated out over the remaining years. That can assist maintain Aiyuk’s annual cap prices decrease than what they’re listed as within the desk by 2026. The cap prices listed will balloon fairly a bit within the closing two years, nevertheless.
As you’ll be able to inform, Aiyuk’s new cash common is $30 million, which ties him for fifth general in huge receiving rankings within the NFL with Miami Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill, in response to Over the Cap.
Now, might the Pittsburgh Steelers have accomplished the same deal like this? Effectively, first, I doubt they might have provided Aiyuk a brand new cash common of $30 million. Most likely the max would have been $29 million. The Steelers clearly might have matched the signing bonus and 2024 base wage. You don’t actually see them make the most of hefty double possibility bonuses like Aiyuk bought and particularly not for non-quarterbacks. The Steelers favor to make use of decrease roster bonuses within the second and generally third 12 months on megadeals.
The truth that Aiyuk bought almost the primary new 12 months, 2025, absolutely assured at signing would have been one other precedent that the Steelers would have needed to break. The Steelers are additionally not enormous followers of per-game roster bonuses like these obtained by Aiyuk, which totals out at $3 million.
Had the Steelers ended up buying and selling for Aiyuk, it actually would have been fascinating to see if the brand new deal would have included absolutely assured cash previous 2024, which implies simply the preliminary base wage and the signing bonus. I actually would have been shocked if they’d accomplished that.
To shut out this put up, a number of weeks in the past I put collectively what I assumed a contract may appear like for Aiyuk if the Steelers in the end traded for him. The instance beneath has a brand new cash common of $28 million and simply $30.4 million assured at signing.
Whereas it’s all water below the Golden Gate Bridge at this level, and particularly ever since Thursday night time, I assumed just a few of you want to see the main points of the Aiyuk contract he obtained from the 49ers. Let me know you probably have any questions and I’ll attempt to reply them. Thanks for studying.
