Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and the Steelers have reached an agreement on a contract extension to make him the highest-paid safety in NFL history, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal will net him a guaranteed $36 million at signing and he will earn $18.4 million per year.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport confirmed the report and added the deal is for four years and worth more than $73.6 million. Fitzpatrick, 25, is coming one of the best seasons of his young career where he tallied a career-high 124 tackles.
Before this past season, he was named first-team All-Pro twice and selected to two Pro Bowls in 2019 and 2020. He was drafted with the No. 11 pick of the 2018 draft by the Dolphins but was traded to the Steelers during the 2019 season.
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