{"id":485512,"date":"2024-07-22T04:49:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T08:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=485512"},"modified":"2024-07-22T02:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T06:28:00","slug":"kenny-clark-agree-to-a-three-year-64-million-extension-with-packers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/kenny-clark-agree-to-a-three-year-64-million-extension-with-packers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Clark agree to a three-year, $64 million extension with Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Green Bay Packers Kenny Clark has agreed to a three-year, $64 million contract extension, securing his place with the team through the 2027 season. The deal includes a $17.5 million signing bonus and averages $21.3 million annually, making Clark the 10th-highest-paid defensive tackle in the NFL, according to spotrac.com.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Packers extend Kenny Clark.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l3HT2mHC3P\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/l3HT2mHC3P<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sLfW1bZ41b\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/sLfW1bZ41b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Green Bay Packers (@packers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/packers\/status\/1815168003123609627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Clark, a three-time Pro Bowler, had a standout season last year with a career-high 7.5 sacks, along with 44 tackles, nine stops for loss, and two forced fumbles over 17 games. Throughout his eight-season career with the Packers, Clark has amassed 380 tackles, 34 sacks, 47 tackles for loss, seven forced fumbles, and 71 quarterback hits, including a career-best 16 last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old was drafted in the first round (27th overall) out of UCLA in 2016 and has been a key player for the Packers, starting in 109 out of 123 games. His extension not only highlights his value to the team but also solidifies Green Bay&#8217;s defensive line for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Bay Packers Kenny Clark has agreed to a three-year, $64 million contract extension, securing his place with the team through the 2027 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":485513,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17571],"news_category":[16703],"gn_keywords":[18162,23185],"acf":{"announce":"The new deal makes the defensive tackle the 10th-highest-paid in NHL on his position","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\/485512"}],"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=485512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485514,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485512\/revisions\/485514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485512"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=485512"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=485512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}