Nick Chubb finally got his big NFL contract.
The former UGA star agreed to a three-year contract extension on with the Cleveland Browns worth $36.6 million, including $30 million in guarantees, per multiple reports.
Chubb will now be banking an average of $12.2 million per year, which puts him as the sixth highest-paid running back in the NFL, following Christian McCaffery ($16,015, 875), Ezekiel Elliot ($15 million), Alvin Kamara ($15 million), Dalvin Cook ($12.6 million) and Derrick Henry ($12.5 million), per Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot.
Chubb, 25, is arguably the best pure runner in the NFL. Chubb was a second-round pick out of UGA in 2018, and this season was the final year of his rookie deal.
The low-key Chubb celebrated by posting “Let’s go Cleveland” on his Instagram account, while the Browns’ other top players sent public messages of congratulations:
More from Cleveland.com: According to Pro Football Focus, Chubb is the No. 4 running back in the NFL heading into the season. Over the past two seasons, he has the best broken-tackle rate in the NFL, with 124 on 488 carries.”
At UGA in 2018, Chubb and Sony Michel led the Bulldogs to the 2017 national championship game.
