Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Kenny Clark signed a four-year extension in August 2020, worth $70 million. The UCLA product received a $25 million signing bonus, the only guaranteed portion of the contract. At the time, it was the richest contract in NFL history given to a nose tackle, and his average annual salary of $17.5 million ranked fourth among interior defensive linemen.
Fast forward to 2023. How would you assess Clark’s contract relative to his play? Clark currently sits tenth in terms of average annual salary among interior defensive linemen, according to Over the Cap, after a slew of players recently signed new contracts, including Aaron Donald ($31.