The Chargers and Derwin James Jr. have agreed to a four-year contract extension that will reset the market for safeties, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
James, a first-team All-Pro in 2018 and again in ’21, will make $76.4 million over four years with Los Angeles, including $42 million in guaranteed money. He becomes the highest-paid safety in league history, Rapoport says.
The agreement also ends James’s “hold-in” with the team, the term for when players in contract talks attend training camp but do not participate in drills with the team.
