Thread: Colts and LB Darius Leonard agree to 5 year contract extension
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Old 08-11-2021, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyinIndy View Post
The difference between our numbers is the prorated portion of the signing bonus from his rookie contract which was paid out in 2018. His base salary for this year was (and remains) $3.384MM. The $20MM signing bonus from this extension will up his cash earnings this year to $23.384MM.
You are correct - I had assumed the rookie bonus proration was included in the calculations, but I looked at it again and I was mistaken.
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