Update:
Audie A. Attar announced Wednesday that his client, LB Vontaze Burfict, hasย officially finalized hisย contract extension with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Congrats to Vontaze Burfict @King55Tez and the Cincinnati @Bengals on finalizing his new contract extension pic.twitter.com/1qqE2XvMZN
โ Audie A. Attar (@AudieAttar) August 27, 2014
IT'S OFFICIAL. LB Vontaze Burfict signs contract extension running through the 2017 season. #LetsRoar #WhoDey pic.twitter.com/t4zK9PxvQt
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) August 27, 2014
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ESPN Adam Caplan, citing a league source,ย reports that the Cincinnati Bengals have reached an agreement with LBย Vontaze Burfict on a multi-year contract extension.
- ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports thatย Burfict receives a four-year contract $20 million, which includes $7.6 million guaranteed.
- According to Caplan, Burfict will earnย $9.75 million by next March and $11 million over the first two years of the extension.
- Burfict is now under team control through the 2017 season.
Recent reports mentioned that the two sides were at an impasse in contract talks, but the Bengals maintained all along that keeping Burfict long-term was a priority for them.
Burfict, 23, wound up goingย undrafted out of Arizona State back in 2012ย due to numerous concerns, but he has quickly developed into theย Bengals’ best linebacker, and ended up leading the NFL tackles last season.
Burfict was entering the final year of his contract and would haveย been a restricted free agent next year. He was setย to makeย just $570,000 for the 2014 season, so you can see that he has clearly earned a significant pay raise.
Last year, he totaled 170 tackles, three sacks, an interception, a forced fumble, two recoveries and a defensive touchdown.
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