The Cleveland Browns have locked down Denzel Ward but once more.
The Browns reached a two-year, $62.2 million extension with their cornerback on Tuesday afternoon, based on the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. At simply greater than $31 million per season, the deal will now make him the highest-paid cornerback within the league.
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Ward had two years left on his five-year, $100.5 million rookie extension. The new deal will preserve him in Cleveland via the 2029 marketing campaign. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, $52.3 million of Ward’s new contract is assured, too.
Ward has spent his complete profession with the Browns, who chosen him with the No. 4 total choose in 2018 out of Ohio State. The 29-year-old had 39 complete tackles and an interception final season, his eighth within the league.
Los Angeles Rams cornerback Trent McDuffie was the highest-paid cornerback within the league beforehand whereas incomes $31 million per season. Indianapolis Colts‘ Sauce Gardner was the one different cornerback within the league incomes greater than $30 million a 12 months.
The Browns went simply 5-12 final season and missed the playoffs for the sixth time since Ward joined the franchise. The Browns, who employed head coach Todd Monken to switch Kevin Stefanski, will open the 2026 season in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 13.
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