Browns Sign CB Denzel Ward To $100.5M Contract Extension

CLEVELAND, OH —The Cleveland Browns have signed their standout cornerback Denzel Ward to a five-year, $100.5 million contract extension, in accordance with the Related Press.

Though the Browns haven’t formally introduced the signing, the AP studies that the deal runs by means of the 2027 season and, critically, contains $71.25 million in assured cash.

Ward, 24, is a Macedonia, Ohio, native who performed at Ohio State. The No. 4 choose within the 2018 NFL Draft, Ward has been a Professional Bowler in two of his 4 seasons in Cleveland, together with final fall.

In 52 profession video games with the Browns, 51 of them begins, Ward has 10 interceptions, 186 tackles, two pressured fumbles and three fumble recoveries.

“Lack of phrases, I am blessed,” Ward wrote Monday afternoon on Twitter. “I wish to thank the Haslams, JW Johnson, Andrew Berry, coach Stefanski and the remainder of the browns group for persevering with to consider within the dwelling grown child and permitting me to signify this group and metropolis of Cleveland the place I am from.”

Based on the AP, the brand new deal means Ward will turn out to be the highest-paid cornerback within the NFL, with a median wage of $20.1 million a yr. That surpasses the $20 million deal for Los Angeles Rams’ cornerback Jalen Ramsey.

Ramsey c0ngratulated Ward on social media.

“I been ready on anyone else to the touch that 100 membership & you DEFINITELY DESERVE IT” Ramsey wrote on Twitter Monday afternoon.

Along with his on-the-field contributions, Ward has made an affect in the neighborhood. He was the Browns’ Walter Payton Man of the 12 months award winner final season and he began the “Make Them Know Your Identify Basis” to positively affect the center illness epidemic and assist stop heart-related fatalities.

The inspiration was created in honor of Ward’s father Paul, who handed away unexpectedly in 2016 because of cardiac arrest.

Based on ESPN soccer analyst Adam Shefter, the $71.25 the Browns have promised Ward and the $230 million assured to new quarterback Deshaun Watson, means Cleveland is by far the largest spender in NFL this offseason.

“The Browns have spent $340.5 million in assured cash this offseason … practically $100 million greater than another crew,” Schefter wrote on Twitter.