Rams make Trent McDuffie highest-paid cornerback in NFL history with massive $124M deal: reports

The Los Angeles Rams not lone traded for Trent McDuffie – they conscionable made him the highest-paid cornerback successful the NFL. 

When the Rams struck a commercialized with the Kansas City Chiefs past week, they addressed a cardinal request this offseason. But McDuffie was lone acceptable for 1 much twelvemonth with his fifth-year enactment picked up by Kansas City, though reports said some sides would apt hold to an extension.

The Rams and McDuffie agreed to a four-year, $124 cardinal extension, including $100 cardinal successful guaranteed money, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. 

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Trent McDuffie of the Kansas City Chiefs exits the tract astatine halftime during an NFL shot crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High connected Nov. 16, 2025 successful Denver, Colorado. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

In turn, McDuffie is present the highest-paid astatine his presumption successful the league with an mean yearly worth of $31 cardinal successful caller money. He volition beryllium paid $13.6 cardinal successful 2026 connected his fifth-year option. 

The Rams sent implicit their No. 29 prime successful this year’s NFL Draft to get McDuffie, arsenic good arsenic 2026 fifth- and sixth-round selections and a 2027 third-round pick. 

McDuffie, a First-team All-Pro successful 2023, has Super Bowl pedigree, playing a starting relation successful the secondary for 2 rings arsenic portion of the Chiefs’ dominance successful caller seasons. He acceptable a career-high successful tackles past play (63), portion totaling 7 passes defended, 1 sack, and 1 forced fumble. 

Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie (22) takes the tract anterior to a crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Sept. 28, 2025 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

For his aboriginal career, McDuffie has 34 passes defended, 8 forced fumbles, 5.5 sacks and 246 combined tackles. He is 1 of the champion astatine his position, which is wherefore Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes tweeted, "damn," aft quality broke that McDuffie was moving retired west.

McDuffie, though, heads backmost home, having been calved successful Westminster, California, which is portion of Orange County. He adjacent discussed the anticipation of playing determination different than Kansas City, hoping, if anything, helium would beryllium going backmost to California. 

"If I could play for different team, I'd astir apt privation to play adjacent to my family, truthful that would astir apt beryllium the L.A. Rams truthful that my household could travel spot each azygous game," McDuffie said during a back-to-school lawsuit successful August 2025, per ESPN.

Trent McDuffie of the Kansas City Chiefs warms up anterior to the crippled against the Washington Commanders astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Oct. 27, 2025 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)

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McDuffie’s woody comes earlier what’s expected to beryllium a hectic escaped cause period, opening connected Monday erstwhile the ineligible tampering model opens astatine noon ET. During that time, players and teams are allowed to hold to presumption connected an extension, which would wide erstwhile the caller league twelvemonth begins connected March 11 astatine 4 p.m. ET. 

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