With just below three weeks till the Could 2 deadline to train fifth yr choices for gamers drafted within the first spherical of the 2019 NFL Draft, the Seattle Seahawks have wasted no time getting proper to issues.
Seahawks’ TE Noah Fant has change into the primary participant from the 2019 draft class to have his fifth-year choice picked up, per league sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 12, 2022
Noah Fant, after all, was acquired from the Denver Broncos as a part of the commerce that despatched Russell Wilson packing to burn down another staff’s kitchen, and now, at the very least in keeping with Adam Schefter, Fant is underneath contract with the Seahawks for the subsequent two seasons.
Below the 2020 collective bargaining settlement, Fant’s 2023 wage shall be $6.85M, because of having performed greater than 50% of the snaps for which the Donkeys offense was on the sector throughout his three years in Denver. As well as, underneath the brand new CBA, Fant’s 2023 wage is now on the books as absolutely assured. That wage quantity is correct consistent with the $7M paid to Greg Olsen in 2020, in addition to the $6M to Gerald Everett in 2021, whereas additionally coming in just under the $8M common per yr they lately gave to Will Dissly, that means the train of the choice doesn’t come as a lot of a shock.
So, for the primary time in franchise historical past Seattle has exercised a fifth yr choice, and it occurred to be for a participant who was drafted by a special staff, fairly than the Hawks. Now the subsequent logical query turns into when it will likely be reported that the staff is declining the $9.594M fifth yr choice on their very own 2019 first spherical decide, L.J. Collier.
