Giants Restructure LB Alec Ogletree’s Contract

Dan Duggan of the Athletic reports that theĀ Giants have restructured the contract of LB Alec Ogletree and will prorate his $7 million roster bonus that was due today over the remaining four years of his contract.

  • Jordan Raanan adds that Ogletree’sĀ cap figure for the 2018 season has been reducedĀ from $10 million to $4.75 million.

The Giant acquiredĀ Ogletree in a trade with the Rams in which New York parted withĀ 2018Ā fourth-round pick and sixth-round picks.

Ogletree was due a $7 million guaranteed roster bonus today and his $3 million base salary for 2018 and $6 million roster bonus in 2019 were set to be fully guaranteed.

Ogletree, 26, is a former first-round pick of the Rams back in 2013. He played out the finalĀ year of his four-year, $7.03 million contractĀ but had his fifth-year option picked up last year.

OlgetreeĀ later signed aĀ Ā five-year, $42.29 million contract with the Rams last October.

In 2017, Olgetree appeared in 15 games for the Rams and recorded 95 tackles, two sacks, an interception returned for a touchdown, a forced fumble, a recovery and 10 pass defenses.Ā Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 76 linebacker out of 87 qualifying players.

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