Cowboys Restructure OT La’el Collins’ Contract

Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Cowboys made a minor adjustment to OT La’el Collins‘ contract in recent days when they converted $150,000 of his 2018 salary into a signing bonus.

While Collins was paid the money immediately, the $150,000 hits the Cowboys’ salary cap evenly over the next two years.

Collins just finished his first year at right tackle for the Cowboys.

Collins, 24, wound up going undrafted out of LSU, but ultimately signed a three-year, $1.599 million contract that is fully guaranteed and included a $21,000 signing bonus. 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 the 2019 season last summer.

Collins will make base salaries of $4.5 million and $6.51 million over the next two years of the agreement.

In 2017, Collins appeared in all 16 games for the Cowboys and is rated by Pro Football Focus as the No. 56 offensive tackle out of 82 qualifying players.