FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Operating again Rhamondre Stevenson stated earlier this month that he believed a contract extension with the New England Patriots was “fairly shut,” and, as he typically has carried out on the sector, he has pushed the deal over the aim line.
Stevenson reached settlement with the workforce on a four-year extension value $36 million, which incorporates $17 million absolutely assured, a supply advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday.
The extension continues an offseason theme for the Patriots underneath first-year government vice chairman of participant personnel Eliot Wolf and first-year head coach Jerod Mayo. Wolf stated the Patriots need to be generally known as a “draft and develop” workforce.
Patriots proceed their development of re-signing and retaining their very own expertise this offseason.
🏈RB Rhamondre Stevenson (4 years, $36M) 🏈S Kyle Dugger (4 years, $58M) 🏈OT Mike Onwenu (3 years, $57M) 🏈TE Hunter Henry (3 years, $27M) 🏈WR Kendrick Bourne (3 years, $19.5M)… pic.twitter.com/e3M14pdsRf
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 20, 2024
Stevenson joined the Patriots as a fourth-round choose in 2021 out of Oklahoma. In 41 NFL video games, he has totaled 2,265 speeding yards on 499 carries with 14 touchdowns. He is additionally been productive as a pass-catcher, with 121 receptions for 782 yards and one landing.
He was getting into the ultimate yr of the four-year contract he signed as a rookie, which included a base wage of $3.116 million for the 2024 season.
“I feel he is one of many higher backs within the league, little question about it,” Mayo stated on the workforce’s obligatory minicamp two weeks in the past. “I am excited to see what he does this season, and look, he is earned every thing that he will get.”
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This marks the third season that Stevenson is slated to be the Patriots’ lead working again, this time underneath first-year offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, who plans to function wide-zone runs that Stevenson stated he has hung out finding out this offseason. As a part of that course of, Stevenson relayed that he has watched movie of Browns working again Nick Chubb, as Van Pelt spent the earlier 4 seasons on Cleveland’s teaching employees.
“Seeing him working all all through defenses with it, the linemen are on the precise course, every thing appears properly put collectively,” he stated two weeks in the past. “I hope we will get that carried out this yr.”
Stevenson, who’s 6 ft and 227 kilos, additionally stated he is carrying his weight higher this offseason, a results of a stricter deal with diet.
Stevenson, who can be complemented by free agent signing Antonio Gibson on the working again depth chart, advised reporters earlier this month it had been a “lengthy course of” negotiating an extension with the Patriots.
