The NFL star received a salary of half a billion dollars in 10 years
Star Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs club of the NFL (American Football League) shocked the sports world by reaching a new contract worth more than half a billion dollars.
The 24-year-old rugby player has signed a record renewal contract worth $503 million with Kansas City Chiefs. With the new contract, the defending NFL champion will tie Mahomes for another 10 years. The old contract between Mahomes and Kansas City is still in effect until 2021.
According to ESPN writer Adam Schefter, this is the contract record in NFL history. Information about the record contract between Mahomes and Kansas City has been forecasted from January 2019. Schefter then revealed Mahomes expected to receive a record contract from Kansas City.
In addition, CBS Sports writer Jason La Canfora also mentioned this record signing in January 2020. La Canfora revealed that Kansas City planned to give Mahomes a contract with a salary of at least $ 40 million a year. However, the figure of $ 503 million over the same 10-year period still makes fans feel surprised.
Mahomes is the world’s leading football star, even though he is only 24 years old. Bleacher Report even fondly called Mahomes “Michael Jordan of rugby”.
In the 2017 NFL Draft, Mahomes was selected 10th by Kansas City. He soon became the star of the tournament when he received the MVP (Best Player) title of the season and Offensive Player of the Year Award. public excellence) in 2018.
In 2019, Mahomes led Kansas City to win the prestigious Super Bowl championship (equal to the NBA Finals – NBA Finals series) after 50 years of waiting. He also became the youngest quarterback (midfielder) of all time to receive the title Super Bowl MVP (Super Bowl Best Player). At the age of 24, Mahomes gradually became the face of the NFL, the world’s top football star and a huge fan base.