Lamar Jackson surpassed Jalen Hurts as the highest paid

Lamar Jackson, the new quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, surpassed Jalen Hurtsdefender of the team Philadelphia Eaglesas the highest-paid player in NFL history with a contract he signed for $260 million over the next five years.

Jackson, who is 26 years old, he will make $52 million a year with the Ravens, surpassing Hurts, who on April 17 reached an agreement with the Eagles to make $255 million over the next five years, an average of $51 million a year.

“We agreed on a five-year extension of the contract with the company quarterback Lamar Jackson”the Ravens announced via their social networks.

On the list of players who win the most in NFL after Jackson, with 52 million dollars and Hurts with 51, Aaron Rodgers, the new ‘quarterback’ of the New York Jets, appears, who gets 50.3; Russell Wilson of the Denver Broncos with 49.

Kyler Murray from Arizona Cardinals, gets $46.1 million. Needle from cleveland browns, Deshaun Watson, 46; Patrick Mahomes, 2023 MVP and Super Bowl LVII winner with the Chiefs, 45 million; followed by Josh Allen of the Bills, with 43; and Dak Prescott from Cowboys, Matthew Stafford from the Rams and Daniel Jones from the Giants, with 40 million each.

Lamar Jackson came on NFL first round pick in 2028 for Baltimore Ravens. He started half of the games of his rookie season.

In 2019, he exploded, leading the league with 36 touchdown passes and rushing for 1,206 yards and seven rushing touchdowns, numbers that earned him the designation The most valuable player of the season.

Through 70 games, lamar jackson boasts 64 percent of his completions; collected 12,209 yards, 101 touchdowns and 38 interceptions. On the ground, he adds 4,437 yards with 24 touchdowns; Additionally, he topped 1,000 yards per carry twice.