Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Chukwuma Okorafor will get a nice reward for his third NFL season due to the playing time he received.
Okorafor led all Steelers players in performance-based pay, according to numbers released by the NFL Players Association. Okorafor, who started 15 games last season, will receive an extra $567,469 for his play in 2020.
Performance-based payouts, which are designed to reward players who outperform their contracts, are deferred until 2024 because of the NFL’s reduced revenue amid the COVID-19 pandemic and are made on top of players’ base salaries. Each NFL team had a performance-based pay pool of $8.