Colts and LB Darius Leonard agree to 5 year contract extension

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Originally Posted by Oldcolt

Two things that concern me with handing him such a massive contract is his stand on COVID and his history of concussions. The second is just something you deal with in the NFL. The first is his doing completely. I hope it was addressed.

That was fast....Sportrac already has a lot of the contract details up on their website.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/indianap...leonard-25135/

The deal was a 5 year extension so with the last year of his rookie deal, Leonard is under contract for 6 years.

However, it looks like the contract is structured similar to Braden Smith's contract where the Colts could exit the deal early with a minimal dead cap hit.

For instance, you could view this contract as a 2 year, $43.1MM extension with the Colts exiting after the 2023 season. The only dead cap hit would be the prorated portion of the signing bonus ($8MM).