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NFL's highest-paid players by position heading into 2021 season as Seahawks safety Jamal Adams joins list
A look at the players with the biggest deals heading into 2021
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NFL players are getting paid, and many are breaking league records with their offseason deals.
One player taking home the money is Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, who is no longer holding out after signing a 6-year, $90 million contract with $50 million guaranteed. This new deal not only means Zeke will be with his team for the first week of the NFL regular season, but it also makes him the highest paid RB in the game.
In April, Russell Wilson dethroned Aaron Rodgers as the highest-paid quarterback, and player, in the league with a new contract from the Seattle Seahawks. The four-year, $140 million deal includes a no-trade clause and a $65 million signing bonus.
Another player seeing dollar signs is Todd Gurley, who signed an extension through 2023 with the defending NFC champion Los Angeles Rams worth $60 million that includes a $20 million signing bonus.
Here is a complete breakdown of the highest-paid players by position in the NFL:
Quarterback
- Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks
- Average annual salary: $35 million
- Guaranteed: $107 million
- Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys
- Average annual salary: $15 million
- Guaranteed: $50 million
- Michael Thomas, New Orleans Saints
- Average annual salary: $20 million
- Guaranteed: $61 million
- Jimmy Graham, Green Bay Packers
- Average annual salary: $10 million
- Guaranteed: $11 million
- Trent Brown, right tackle Oakland Raiders
- Average annual salary: $16,500,000
- Guaranteed: $36,250,000
- Khalil Mack, outside linebacker, Chicago Bears
- Average annual salary: $23.5 million
- Guaranteed: $90 million
- Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams
- Average annual salary: $22.5 million
- Guaranteed: $87 million
- Kevin Byard, free safety, Tennessee Titans
- Average annual salary: $14.1 million
- Guaranteed: $31 million
- Xavien Howard, Miami Dolphins
- Average annual salary: $15,050,000
- Guaranteed: $39,260,641
- Justin Tucker, Baltimore Ravens
- Average annual salary: $5 million
- Guaranteed: $12.5 million
