Puka Nacua, due for new contract, hires Zay Flowers' agency after Ravens star's massive $140 million deal

Puka Nacua is taking notes.

The Los Angeles Rams wide receiver is opening his 4th NFL play adjacent month, making him owed for rather a payday.

Nacua's 95.3 receiving yards per crippled are the astir all-time, and since joining the league successful 2023, nary 1 other wrong six yards of him.

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Puka Nacua (12) of the Los Angeles Rams reacts aft a drawback during the 3rd 4th against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Lumen Field connected Dec. 18, 2025 successful Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Once an afterthought arsenic a fifth-round selection, Nacua is present successful the speech arsenic the champion wide receiver successful the league, and helium wants to beryllium paid similar it.

Well, aft Zay Flowers inked a $140 cardinal hold that gives him $108 cardinal guaranteed, some figures are the fourth-highest ever astatine the position, Nacua has reportedly brought successful Flowers' cause to negociate his adjacent contract.

Like Flowers, Nacua is present represented by WIN Sports Group aft antecedently being a portion of the Athletes First team. WIN besides represents stars similar Dexter Lawrence, Jordan Davis, Nnamdi Madubuike, and Dion Dawkins.

Because Nacua wasn't drafted successful the archetypal round, dissimilar Flowers, helium is not eligible for a fifth-year option, making him acceptable to deed escaped bureau upon the 2026 season's end.

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua, left, runs against Seattle Seahawks information Julian Love (20) during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Seattle, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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Flowers and Nacua entered the league the aforesaid year, and fixed that Nacua's numbers are amended than Flowers' crossed the board, the Rams prima figures to person a bully statement to not lone bushed Flowers' woody but possibly adjacent surpass Jaxon Smith-Njigba arsenic the highest-paid receiver of each clip ($168.6 million).

Despite Flowers playing successful 50 games compared with Nacua's 44, Flowers has much than 1,000 less receiving yards and 76 less receptions.

Flowers has undoubtedly been a stalwart for the Baltimore Ravens, arsenic he's coming disconnected a play successful which helium caught 86 passes for 1,211 yards and 5 touchdowns. He’s present posted back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. Yet had Nacua not missed six games due to the fact that of wounded successful 2024, helium whitethorn precise good already person much than 4,500 yards (he had much than 90 receiving yards per crippled that season).

Flowers has missed lone 1 regular-season crippled successful 3 seasons (his rookie campaign), though helium was unavailable for the 2024 playoffs.

Zay Flowers of the Baltimore Ravens scores a touchdown during the 4th fourth against the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Jan. 4, 2026 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

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He became the fastest subordinate successful Ravens past (21 games) to scope 100 receptions and the archetypal Raven with aggregate 1,000-yard seasons successful the archetypal 3 years of his career. He ranked 11th successful the NFL successful receptions successful 2025 and seventh successful receiving yards. That was contempt an underwhelming, injury-plagued play from Jackson — and Baltimore's willingness to tally the shot with Derrick Henry.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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