JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Money, money, money, moneyyyy!
At EverBank Stadium Thursday, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence officially signed his five-year $275 million contract, cementing himself as a franchise cornerstone for years to come.
"Obviously, financially it's amazing, really sets us up for the future and for you know, the rest of our lives, so that's a huge blessing," Lawrence said during the team's press conference after signing the extension. "I think even more than that is the stability of being here long-term. We love it here. This is home for us."
The former No. 1 overall pick agreed to terms with the team a week ago, June 14, one day before he and his wife were set to go on vacation. His contract will have $200 million guaranteed and will rank him third among NFL quarterbacks in yearly salary at $55 million.
"The way the organization's going and the direction that we're heading, on the football side, that makes it obviously a no brainer for us," Lawrence said. "I wanna be the quarterback here, I wanna bring a championship to Jacksonville. That's my goal."
Lawrence mentioned how now that the ink has dried on his new contract, his focus can solely be on playing football.
"It does feel good to have it done," he said. "That was the goal that the team, and myself, and my team wanted to get done... is to have it finished by the time training camp came around."
The Jaguars quarterback is the only one of the five QBs taken in the first 15 picks of the 2021 NFL Draft to earn a massive contract extension. He's also the only QB of the bunch not to be traded before their rookie contract ended.
On topic of the length of the contract, Lawrence joked that negotiations between his agent and the team started as "a 15-year [contract]," but later said he felt like "we all won."
"It puts us in a position to where we can still have a lot of talent here, we can bring guys in or we can keep the guys that we have," Lawrence said. "That was something that was important to me because it wasn't worth it to me to sacrifice being able to have a good team just so I could make some money."
We'll see Lawrence and the rest of the Jags' veterans report to their first training camp practice July 23, while the team's rookies will report to camp July 19.
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