Bengals Signing RT La’el Collins For Three Years, $30M

Mike Garafolo reports that the Bengals are finalizing a three-year deal with former Cowboys T La’el Collins.

He was often linked to the Bengals during free agency and met with them recently, agreeing to terms before leaving town for another team visit.

Adam Schefter reports it’s a three-year, $30 million deal on the surface, but the final year is for cap reasons and it’s primarily a two-year, $20 million pact. It can be up to $22 million with incentives.  

Collins, 28, signed on with the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent out of LSU in 2015. He was set to make a base salary of $616,750 for the 2017 season when the Cowboys signed him to a two-year, $15.4 million extension through 2019. 

Collins was in the third year of his five-year, $50 million deal and was set to earn a base salary of $10 million for the 2022 season when he was cut. 

In 2021, Collins appeared in 12 games for the Cowboys, making 10 starts for them at right tackle. Pro Football Focus had him rated as the No. 15 tackle out of 83 qualifying players. 

We’ll have more on Collins as the news is available.