The Chicago Bears have signed Jaylon Johnson to a four-year contract.
Numerous reports state that Jaylon Johnson and the Chicago Bears have agreed to a four-year contract deal. The Bears had previously tagged Johnson before Tuesday’s cutoff, but the extension could not be finalized until 48 hours later. Many publications are purportedly reporting a 4-year contract at $19 million per year, or $76 million for the term of the agreement.
For the first three years of the deal, Schefter claims that the average season’s worth of pay will be $20 million. Johnson is expected to receive $28 million in cash this year; the contract’s overall guarantee, as reported, is $54 million. The entire $43.8 million contract guarantee is provided. Johnson is now slightly behind Denzel Ward and Marshon Lattimore’s full guarantees and over Jalen Ramsey’s $43.7 million.
With the acquisition of one of the best young secondaries in the league, the Bears now have stability. Currently, Johnson is incarcerated until 2027. Tyrique Stevenson is imprisoned until 2026. Jaquan Brisker and Kyler Gordon have a 2025 prison sentence.
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Sources claim that Bears Jaylon Johnson has agreed to a 4-year, $76 million contract.
Star cornerback Jaylon Johnson and the Chicago Bears have reached an agreement on a four-year, $76 million contract that includes $54 million in guaranteed money, sources told Adam Schefter and Jeremy Fowler on ESPN on Thursday.
Johnson will make $28 million in the first year of the contract, with a $43.8 million guarantee at signing, according to sources. The four-year deal was revealed by the Bears on Thursday, but the financial details were not disclosed.
According to a statement from general manager Ryan Poles, “We’re extremely excited to be able to keep Jaylon here for the next four years.” “He’s an integral part of our defense, and his leadership will help our team continue to ascend.”
The Bears placed Johnson on the nonexclusive franchise tag on Tuesday, despite Poles’s previous week’s comments that he was hopeful a long-term deal would be struck.
The Bears have now signed three major defensive investments in the last 12 months: Johnson, linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, to a four-year, $72 million contract, and Montgomery Sweat, a defensive end acquired through trade with the Washington Commanders, to a four-year, $98 million contract.
Johnsonโwho turns 25 in Aprilโrecorded a career-high four interceptions (including a pick-six), ten passes defended, one forced fumble, and thirty-six tackles last season, which earned him a spot in the Pro Bowl.
After failing to reach an extension with Chicago prior to the 2023 season, Johnsonโthe 50th overall selection in the 2020 draftโwent through the fourth year of his rookie deal. In July 2023, Johnson stated that he was aware that he would find it difficult to command a contract at the top of the market given his lack of on-field accomplishments and one interception in his first three seasons.
Following the signing of a five-year, $97 million agreement by Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Austin Johnson during training camp, the player expressed that while the deal was good for the defensive back market as a whole, it was not likely to have an impact on his talks with Chicago.