Dolphins make Xavien Howard highest-paid cornerback after adding highest-paid receiver

The Miami Dolphins are spending some huge cash this offseason and because of this they’ve each the NFL’s highest paid cornerback and highest paid broad receiver on their roster.

The Dolphins on Friday night time agreed to phrases with cornerback Xavien Howard on a brand new five-year contract with $50,691,177 in new cash, successfully elevating his annual common wage to $25,345,588 — the best annual common within the NFL.

Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey beforehand boasted the contract with the best common wage for a cornerback at $20 million per yr.

Howard’s extension pushes over $5 million per yr past that.

This isn’t new territory for the Dolphins this offseason as they gave Tyreek Hill a brand new contract that makes him the best paid broad receiver shortly after buying him from the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.

Xavien Howard #25 of the Miami Dolphins appears on towards the Houston Texans at Exhausting Rock Stadium on November 07, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Howard’s new deal reaches different benchmarks as nicely.

Howard’s new deal additionally comes with essentially the most assured cash in NFL historical past for a cornerback and he’s now scheduled to take advantage of money over the following three years in comparison with all different presently signed cornerbacks.

FILE – Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard (25) warms up earlier than an NFL soccer sport towards the Cincinnati Bengals in Miami Gardens, Fla., on this Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, file photograph.
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Final yr Howard and the Dolphins had a wage disagreement and finally the workforce promised to deal with the difficulty earlier than the 2022 season. Agent David Canter and the membership have been engaged on doing exactly that and it led to a deal Friday night.