Tavon Austin just got paid.
The Rams signed their 2013 first round draft pick to a four year, $42 million contract extension. Pro Football Talk has the details.
It’s a four-year extension, worth $42 million. Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, Austin’s true guarantee if he’s on the roster next March will be $25 million.
He was due to make $2.14 million this year and $12.2 million next year, under the fifth-year first-round option. In all, it’s a six-year deal worth more than $56 million.
The deal also includes an incentive package that will pay Austin significantly more, if/when he generates the kind of numbers over the course of a full season that he has generated in flashes through his first three seasons.
It’s a big contract for a player who hasn’t produced much in his first three seasons, but it’s also not his fault for someone who’s had Nick Foles, Case Keenum, and Sam Bradford as their quarterback. For the time being, Austin is a happy camper.
Mood: pic.twitter.com/yuugDEQ15C
— Tavon Austin (@Tayaustin01) August 26, 2016