The Cleveland Browns and tight end David Njoku reached an agreement on a new contract Friday, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network:
Ian RapoportThe <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Browns?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Browns</a> and franchise tagged TE David Njoku have reached an agreement in principle on a large new 4-year, $56.75M contract extension, sources tell me and <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomPelissero</a>. He gets $28M guaranteed at signing on the deal that averages $14.1875M per year, the fifth highest paid TE.
Per Over the Cap, the total value on Njoku's new contract is the fourth-most among tight ends behind the San Francisco 49ers' George Kittle, the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce and the Philadelphia Eagles' Dallas Goedert, respectively.