Buccaneers OT Tristan Wirfs agrees to 5-year, $141 million contract, richest deal in OL history: Report

Tristan Wirfs was a top offensive tackles from Day 1 of his NFL career. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs has a Super Bowl ring, three Pro Bowl nods and, now, the title of highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history.

The former first-round pick agreed to a record-breaking five-year, $140.63 million contract extension on Thursday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal reportedly includes $88.24 million guaranteed.

The extension is in addition to the $18.24 million that Wirfs was already owed via the final year of his rookie contract, so he is now set to be paid $158.87 million over the next six years.

Detroit Lions Pro Bowler Penei Sewell signed the previous largest offensive line deal only three months ago with his four-year, $112 million pact. Wirfs now sits atop the leaderboard in average annual value at $28.1 million, a hair ahead of Sewell’s $28 million and followed by the Minnesota Vikings’ Christian Darrisaw at $26 million.

The deal is also the largest total commitment to any player in Buccaneers history.

All of this is well-deserved by Wirfs, who began his NFL career as an immediately elite right tackle after being selected 13th overall out of Iowa. He won a Super Bowl blocking for Tom Brady in his first season, made All-Pro in his second and moved to the more lucrative left tackle in his fourth.

All of that adds up to a guy you have to pay, and the Bucs certainly did.

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Publish date : 2024-08-01 13:07:06

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