A pair of San Francisco 49ers players received some great news on Monday. The NFL released a list of the top 25 performance-based pay distributions for the 2023 season and Niners quarterback Brock Purdy and cornerback Deommodore Lenoir each made the list. A creation of the CBA, the NFL has a pool of money each year that is given out to players on their rookie contracts who were taken later in the draft based on a formula that incorporates draft position and playing time.
While Purdy’s status as a Pro Bowl starting quarterback on an NFC Champion would easily make him the most prominent late-round pick in recent years, Purdy only received the 24th-largest bonus ($739,795).