Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons finally has gotten his second contract. We’ve finally gotten our hands on the details of the deal.
Here are the terms of the contract, per a source with knowledge of the deal.
1. Signing bonus: $24 million.
2. 2023 base salary: $1.33 million, fully guaranteed.
3. 2023 per-game roster bonus: $14,700 per game, up to $250,000.
4. 2024 base salary: $16.5 million, fully guaranteed.
5. 2024 per-game roster bonus $29,411 per game, up to $500,000.
6. 2025 base salary: $17.5 million, $6 million of which is fully guaranteed at signing. The remainder becomes fully guaranteed in March 2025.
7. 2025 per-game roster bonus $29,411 per game, up to $500,000.
8. 2026 base salary: $20.173 million.
9. 2026 per-game roster bonus $29,411 per game, up to $500,000.
10. 2027 base salary: $23 million.
11. 2027 per-game roster bonus $29,411 per game, up to $500,000.
The four-year extension (five-year contract) includes $47.8 million fully guaranteed at signing. It has a total value of $104.753 million, an average of $20.9 million at signing.
Given the money he was due to make in 2023 ($11.385 million, when including the 17th game check), the deal has a new-money average of $23.342 million.
It makes Simmons the second highest-paid defensive tackle in terms of new money, behind only Aaron Donald of the Rams, who is making $31.667 million.