Budda Baker has been a hit for the Arizona Cardinals. The team is rewarding him by making the DB the highest-paid safety in NFL history.
Arizona is making 24-year-old, two-time, Pro-Bowl selection Budda Baker the highest-paid safety in the NFL history, giving him a four-year, $59 million contract extension ($14.75M average per year), sources tell ESPN.
Asked about the deal, agent @DavidMulugheta confirmed it.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 25, 2020
Baker, 24, recorded 147 tackles last season, his third since being selected in the second round of the 2017 draft out of Washington. He led the NFL with 104 solo tackles.
He does not have an interception since entering the NFL and has played the most coverage snaps (1,261) of any player during that span to have not intercepted a pass.
Budda Baker's career snaps by position:
🔹 Edge – 186
🔹 LB – 460
🔹 Slot CB – 882
🔹 FS – 708 pic.twitter.com/NRi3t7QMNx— PFF (@PFF) August 25, 2020
The per-year average in new money on the extension puts Baker atop the safety market, topping the Bears’ Eddie Jackson’s $14.6 million on his five-year extension. Landon Collins’ six-year, $84 million deal with Washington is the top overall deal, which came in at $14 million per year.