The full details of Corey Liuget‘s contract extension with the Chargers have surfaced, and the 25-year-old defensive lineman did very well for himself. When news of Liuget’s new deal first broke, I speculated that he would fall into the second tier of 3-4 defensive ends rather than joining players like J.J. Watt, Cameron Jordan, Calais Campbell, and Jurrell Casey in the first tier.
However, the Chargers’ agreement with Liuget indicates that the team is paying him not only for what he has done so far in his career, but for what the club believes he can do over the next several years. Liuget’s deal places him fourth among 3-4 defensive ends in annual salary, falling in just behind Jordan’s new contract, suggesting that San Diego thinks the former first-round pick is still on the rise.
Here are the details on Liguet’s extension, via Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune (Twitter link) and Aaron Wilson of the National Football Post:
- New money on five-year extension: $51.25MM ($10.25MM per year)
- Total money on six-year contract: $56.727MM ($9.455MM per year)
- Signing bonus: $7.5MM
- Total guaranteed money: $30.477MM
- Total fully guaranteed money: $18.977MM
- Annual base salaries:
- 2015: $1MM
- 2016: $3MM
- 2017: $8MM
- 2018: $8MM
- 2019: $7.5MM
- 2020: $8.25MM
- Annual salary cap numbers:
- 2015: $7.977MM
- 2016: $10MM
- 2017: $9.5MM
- 2018: $9.5MM
- 2019: $10.25MM
- 2020: $9.5MM
- Roster bonuses:
- 2015: $5.477MM (due today)
- 2016: $5MM (due third day of league year)
- 2019: $1.25MM (due third day of league year)
- 2020: $1.25MM (due third day of league year)