{"id":484409,"date":"2024-06-20T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=484409"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:23:00","slug":"trevor-lawrence-signs-5-year-deal-extension-with-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/trevor-lawrence-signs-5-year-deal-extension-with-jaguars\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Lawrence signs 5-year-deal extension with Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trevor Lawrence has solidified his future with the Jacksonville Jaguars by signing a five-year contract extension worth $275 million, with $200 million guaranteed. The deal, which averages $55 million per season, ties Lawrence with Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals for the highest average annual value among NFL quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Then and now \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udda4<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DUUUVAL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DUUUVAL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RPxmun2hUQ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/RPxmun2hUQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jaguars\/status\/1803812857861038387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We signed our name on the thing &#8212; so it&#8217;s official,&#8221; Lawrence said after finalizing the contract alongside his wife, Marissa. &#8220;Believe it or not, it&#8217;s a lot of pages to read through. It&#8217;s a lot of paperwork.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence was approaching the final year of his rookie contract, which would have paid him $5.6 million in 2024, with the possibility of a franchise tag or entering free agency. However, he expressed his unwavering commitment to the Jaguars, dismissing any thoughts of moving to another team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The direction we&#8217;re heading on the football side, that makes it obviously a no-brainer for us,&#8221; Lawrence stated. &#8220;We&#8217;re headed in the right direction. I want to be the quarterback here. I want to bring a championship to Jacksonville. That&#8217;s my goal. I really know that we can accomplish that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trevor Lawrence has solidified his future with the Jacksonville Jaguars by signing a five-year contract extension worth $275 million, with $200 million guaranteed. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":484410,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17169,22295],"news_category":[16703],"gn_keywords":[19042,22296],"acf":{"announce":"The new contract is worth $275 million","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/484409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/484409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484411,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/484409\/revisions\/484411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484409"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=484409"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=484409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}