Aaron Donald is returning for another run at another title with the Rams, after retirement rumors persisted through the offseason for the reigning Super Bowl champions. According to Sports Illustrated‘s Albert Breer, the deal is worth $95 million through 2024, with $65 million guaranteed over the next two seasons.
His $31.6 million average annual salary is now the highest of all non-quarterbacks in the NFL. However, Donald says that record contract was not the most important factor in his return to the field in 2022.
“It wasn’t important,” Donald said of hitting that mark, per ESPN. “It’s about other things off the field that were going on in my life that I had to get situated. And being here, with an organization that I’ve been with since day one, that I grew with, became a world champion with. I’m ready to try to run it back and create that whole feeling all over again.
