Professional-Bowl linebacker Bobby Wagner will probably be staying within the NFC West subsequent season regardless of his launch by the Seattle Seahawks earlier this month.
Wagner agreed to phrases on a five-year contract with the Tremendous Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, the workforce introduced Thursday.
Monetary phrases weren’t disclosed, however sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter the deal is for $50 million and could be price as much as $65 million if Wagner reaches incentives.
It’ll mark a homecoming for Wagner, who was born in Los Angeles. Wagner turns into the newest big-name participant to hitch a star-studded Rams protection that already contains defensive deal with Aaron Donald and cornerback Jalen Ramsey.
The Baltimore Ravens additionally have been within the combine to signal Wagner earlier than he determined to signal with the Rams.
Wagner, 31, was the final remaining member of the star-studded defenses that led Seattle to its lone world championship and a return journey to Tremendous Bowl XLIX after the 2014 season.
Wagner, the Seahawks’ all-time tackles chief with 1,383, is coming off a 170-tackle season that earned him his eighth Professional Bowl nod in 10 seasons. He posted that non-public greatest regardless of lacking all however one snap of the ultimate two video games with a knee sprain.
Whereas Wagner did not make as many influence performs as in a few of his greatest seasons, he recorded an interception, a sack, a compelled fumble and 5 passes defended in 2021 en path to a second-team All-Professional choice.
In 2020, Wagner was one in every of 22 defenders named by the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame to the All-Decade Group for the 2010s. His Corridor of Fame-worthy résumé additionally contains six first-team All-Professional alternatives, two second-team All-Professional alternatives and eight Professional Bowls nods, tied for second most in franchise historical past.
ESPN’s Brady Henderson contributed to this report.
