All you need to know about whether if the Vikings star receiver Justin Jefferson signed a new contract.
No, Justin Jefferson hasn’t signed a new contract extension with the Minnesota Vikings yet, however, that is likely to happen during this offseason. If the Vikings choose to activate the fifth-year option that is included in his rookie contract in 2024, he will have two more years left on that deal.
The rookie deal that Jefferson signed guarantees him an average annual salary of $3.3 million. In the year 2022, his base salary was $1.8 million, but it is scheduled to increase to $2.4 million for the following season. However, Jefferson is now eligible for an extension for the first time, and some of the game’s top receivers landed big-money deals prior to the 2022 season after they had played out all three seasons of their rookie contracts. Jefferson is now eligible for an extension for the first time.
It is anticipated that he will become the National Football League receiver with the biggest salary in the history of the game, and he most surely deserves every penny of it. Because they are well aware of his exceptional ability, the Vikings are more than eager to make that kind of financial offer to him.
It is currently anticipated that Tyreek Hill will have the highest average annual salary of any wide receiver in the NFL during the upcoming season. After obtaining Hill from the Kansas City Chiefs during the summer of the previous year, the Miami Dolphins offered him a contract worth a total of $120 million over the course of four years (with an annual average of $30 million).
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