Packers extend contract to offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins

The guard extended his relationship with Green Bay for four more seasons and will be one of the highest paid players at the position

GREEN BAY — Wherever you’re lined up Elgton Jenkins for the Green Bay Packerswill be one of the highest paid players What guard either tackle after he signed a extension from contract with the team this Friday.

The four-year deal, which includes a $24 million signing bonus, is worth $68 million and could scale up to $74 million with incentives, a source told ESPN.

The contract will keep Jenkins with the packers through the 2026 season with an average of 17 million a year.

“We are very excited to be able to reach an agreement that keeps elgton with the packers“General manager Brian Gutekunst said in a statement. “From the moment he arrived at the building, elgton he’s been a core member of this franchise while displaying uncommon versatility, solidarity, and toughness. He is a great leader and teammate and has earned everything that has come his way.”

Yes Jenkins stays like guard, will be the second highest paid at the position behind only Quenton Nelson of the Indianapolis Colts (20 million per year). If you move to tackle left, where he played last season in the place of David Bakhtiari, would be in the top 10 of the highest paid.

Jenkins he would have become a free agent in March. The packers they could have put the franchise tag on it, which would have been around 17 million, close to the annual average of their new contract. If they had, they packers they would have had to absorb the full value of their tag in the 2023 salary cap. extensionhis impact on next year’s salary cap will be significantly lower.

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The packers they recruited Jenkins in the second round of the draft in 2019 and started the last 14 games of his rookie season as a guard left. In 2020, he started all 16 games, but played multiple positions: guard left in 12 games, center in three and tackle right in one. then played as tackle left in 2021 when Bakhtiari tore his ACL, however, Jenkins he suffered the same injury in November of that season.

Jenkins he returned from that injury in Week 2 of this season and appeared in five games as tackle right before returning to its original position guard left. He was a Pro Bowl selection at that position in 2020 and a Pro Bowl alternate selection this season.

The packers They have other key players who could become free agents after this season, including wide receivers Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb, tight ends Robert Tonyan and Marcedes Lewis, defensive back Dean Lowry, safety Adrian Amos, comeback specialist kick Keisean Nixon and kicker Mason Crosby.