Almost six years after profitable a nationwide championship at LSU, cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. and his school teammates are making main coin within the NFL.
On Monday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted the Houston Texans and Stingley agreed to a three-year, $90M extension with $89M assured. The deal makes him the highest-paid defensive again within the NFL.
“That 2019 LSU staff continues to cement its mark as perhaps the best staff ever,” ESPN’s Ben Child wrote on his X account after Stingley’s signing.
Through the 2019 season, LSU went 15-0 and led the FBS in yards per game (568.4) and factors per sport (48.4).
It additionally featured gamers who would turn out to be NFL stars, together with Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, Bengals extensive receiver Ja’Marr Chase and Minnesota Vikings wideout Justin Jefferson.
In keeping with Child, the full worth of the second contracts for Burrow, Chase, Jefferson and Stingley equals $666M.
Chase, after all, grew to become the highest-paid non-QB in NFL historical past when he signed a four-year, $161M extension with the Bengals on Sunday.
In December 2023, Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt ranked the 2019 LSU Tigers as his fourth-best school soccer staff since 2000, behind the 2004 USC Trojans, 2005 Texas Longhorns and 2001 Miami Hurricanes.
The 2001 Hurricanes produced a document 38 NFL Draft picks and Professional Soccer Corridor of Famers in security Ed Reed and WR Andre Johnson.
Nonetheless, the previous LSU stars are of their primes and will maintain including to their spectacular résumés.
Burrow, Chase and Jefferson have made a number of Professional Bowls all through their careers. Throughout his third season in 2024, Stingley made his first Professional Bowl and earned a first-team All-Professional nod.
It is unsurprising most of the stars from LSU’s 2019 squad at the moment are among the many highest-paid gamers within the league. The staff was clearly stacked.
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