Cooper Kupp had a historic season during the Los Angeles Rams Super Bowl race.
He is now earning a huge payday.
Kupp and the Rams have agreed to a three-year extension worth up to $ 80 million, NFL Network Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported Wednesday. Kupp now has a contract with the Rams until 2026.
The Rams later announced the extension.
The winner is the loot, and Kupp won the most valuable Super Bowl LVI player for his performance against the Cincinnati Bengals after a regular season in which he won the triple crown of receptions, reaching league highs of 145 receptions. 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns.
With two seasons left on his previous contract, Kupp, 28, is set to pay $ 14.8 million in 2022 and $ 14.6 million in 2023, but after a season for many years, he will receive a huge increase. beyond that. The $ 26.7 million a year Kupp has to earn between 2024 and 2026 would put him in fourth place among his fellow receivers.
The Kupp extension follows the responsibility of the Rams and general manager Les Snead to reward and close their superstars after winning the Super Bowl. Quarterback Matthew Stafford received a big extension and defensive lineman Aaron Donald became the highest paid non-QB in league history with his recent restructuring.
In the run-up to his new deal, Kupp made it clear that he was not looking to restore the wide receiver market, but the Rams rewarded him anyway.
While Kupp presented one of the best seasons for a big receiver in the NFL chronicle last year, he has been a force with the Rams for a while. He has had 92 or more catches in three consecutive seasons and has amassed more than 970 yards for three years in a row.
With the incorporation of Stafford last season, the chemistry of the tandem was instantaneous and there was also an increase in Kupp’s production.
First there was the triple crown, then there was the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year and the Super Bowl MVP, and now Kupp has rightly received a raise that places him among the elite of the NFL, where it surely belongs.