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New York Jets defensive lineman Bryce Huff trying to make a play during an NFL game.
A New York Jets star pass rusher is poised to receive a massive payday from someone in 2024.
Brad Spielberger of Pro Football Focus released his contract projections for the top 100 free agents for this upcoming offseason. Defensive lineman Bryce Huff is predicted to land a three-year deal for $40 million.
That deal projects to average $13.33 million per season, including over $28 million in total guarantees.
Complicated Huff Decision Awaits the Jets This Offseason
Huff, 25, is scheduled to hit the open market for the first time during his professional career. That new projected contract would give the former Memphis product a well-deserved pay raise.
Huff is playing on the one-year restricted free-agent tender for $4.3 million this year. Even the $13.33 million average he is projected to receive would make him the No. 17 highest-paid pass rusher in football, per Over The Cap.
Although Spielberger mentioned in his piece that this will be a “nuanced negotiation” between Huff and the Jets.
On one hand, he is young, has a lot of potential, is adored by the analytical crowd, but he lacks the raw production that is normally a prerequisite to getting paid.
“Still, there’s a reason the team that developed the former undrafted free agent and sees him every day doesn’t like to deploy him against the run and hasn’t made much of an effort on an extension,” Spielberger explained.
Although this season Huff is finally getting on the field. He has appeared in 399 snaps [most of his career] and is playing 42% of the defensive reps.
This is a developing story and we’ll provide new details as they become available.
Paul A. Esden Jr. covers the New York Jets for Heavy.com. A New York native, he is also the official PA voice of the Syracuse Strong Football Club and co-hosts Cumulus Media’s morning show, “The Manchild Show with Boy Green.” Before joining Heavy in 2021, Esden Jr. covered both national and New York sports for FanSided, Elite Sports NY and The Score 1260. More about Paul A. Esden Jr.
