Green Bay Packers sign Jordan Love to record-tying $222m contract extension

• Quarterback gets market-topping deal after 20 starts
• Deal matches record for average salary at $55m a year

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love has agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension worth $220m, a person familiar with the deal said on Friday.

Love’s new deal includes a $75m signing bonus and $155m in new guarantees.

The new deal comes after Love led the NFL’s youngest team to a 10-9 record and playoff berth last season in his first year as a starter while stepping up to the challenge of replacing four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers, who was traded to the New York Jets in April 2023.

NFL Network first reported Love’s deal. ESPN first reported the amount of the signing bonus and guaranteed money.

Reports of Love’s extension came the same day that Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa agreed on a four-year extension worth $212.4m. Detroit’s Jared Goff signed a four-year, $212m extension with $170m guaranteed, and Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence agreed to a five-year, $275m extension with $142m guaranteed earlier in the offseason.

Love’s extension ties him with Lawrence and Joe Burrow for the highest average paid salary ($55M) in NFL history. However, with the NFL’s salary cap booming this offseason, Love’s contract represents a smaller slice of the cap (21.5%) compared to when Burrow signed his extension with the Bengals under the terms of the old cap (25%) in 2023, according to Spotrac.

The 25-year-old Love hadn’t been practicing with the Packers in training camp this week while the contract talks were unresolved, though he had been attending workouts and was participating in all other team activities. Love’s contract had been set to expire at the end of the upcoming season.