The Cleveland Browns have restructured Olivier Vernon’s contract, ensuring the defensive end will be with the team this season.
Vernon, who was due to make $ 15.25 million (unsecured) in 2020, has agreed to a restructured deal that will pay him $ 11 million guaranteed this season, a source told ESPN Field Yates. This total comes from a signing bonus of $ 7 million, a base salary of $ 3.75 million and a training bonus of $ 250,000. Vernon can earn an additional $ 2 million through incentives, the source said.
Browns general manager Andrew Berry said after the NFL draft that Vernon was in the team’s plans.
The team is also working on an extension with defensive end Myles Garrett, the team’s number one choice in 2017, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler last month.
Vernon, 29, who is in the final year of a contract he signed with the New York Giants in 2016, had 3.5 bags last season for the Browns, who acquired it in the trade that sent Odell Beckham Jr. to Cleveland last off-season. A knee injury limited him to 10 games.
He has 54.5 bags in eight seasons.
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