{"id":802012,"date":"2026-03-09T08:53:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/802012\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:53:21","slug":"mcduffie-becomes-nfls-highest-paid-cornerback-with-124m-rams-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/802012\/","title":{"rendered":"McDuffie Becomes NFL\u2019s Highest-Paid Cornerback with $124M Rams Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773023596738.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The Los Angeles Rams signed cornerback Trent McDuffie to a record-breaking four-year, $124 million contract extension on Sunday. The deal includes $100 million guaranteed, making the former Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history.\n        <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773023596738.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34217\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Rams cornerback Trent McDuffie secured a record-setting contract Sunday night, signing a four-year extension worth $124 million, ESPN reports.<\/p>\n<p>The massive agreement features $100 million in guaranteed money, establishing McDuffie as the NFL\u2019s highest-paid cornerback ever.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City traded the 25-year-old defensive back to Los Angeles on March 5, receiving the 29th overall selection in the 2026 NFL Draft plus the Rams\u2019 fifth- and sixth-round picks in 2026 and a third-round choice in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City activated McDuffie\u2019s fifth-year option last April. During the previous season, he compiled 63 tackles, one interception, and one forced fumble across 13 starts before a knee injury sidelined him for the season\u2019s final four contests.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Super Bowl winner has accumulated 246 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 34 pass deflections, and three interceptions throughout 56 career starts since Kansas City selected him 21st overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>The former University of Washington standout received first-team All-Pro recognition in 2023 and earned second-team honors in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>                    More from TV Delmarva Channel 33 News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams signed cornerback Trent McDuffie to a record-breaking four-year, $124 million contract extension on Sunday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[108477,108478,108471,108479,108473,108474,108472,7,108475,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424,108476],"class_list":{"0":"post-802012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-102-3","9":"tag-102-3fm","10":"tag-fine-day","11":"tag-fine-day-102-3","12":"tag-fine-day-fm","13":"tag-fine-day-media","14":"tag-fine-day-radio","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-have-a-fine-day","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-los-angeles-rams","19":"tag-losangeles","20":"tag-losangelesrams","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-rams","23":"tag-weller-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116198376984022259","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}