49ers make George Kittle highest-paid tight end in NFL history with 4-year contract extension

The San Francisco 49ers and George Kittle agreed to a four-year declaration hold that volition marque him the highest-paid choky extremity successful NFL history.

Kittle, 31, announced the woody connected the "Bussin’ With The Boys" podcast connected Tuesday.

Kittle’s four-year declaration hold is worthy $76.4 cardinal with $35 cardinal guaranteed and runs done the 2029 season.

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George Kittle #85 of the San Francisco 49ers reacts arsenic helium takes the tract anterior to an NFL shot crippled betwixt the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals astatine Levi's Stadium connected October 01, 2023 successful Santa Clara, California.  (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

The six-time Pro-Bowler’s $19.1 cardinal per twelvemonth is the highest mean yearly worth for a choky extremity successful NFL history. Kittle’s $35 cardinal guaranteed astatine signing is the astir successful NFL past for a choky end. 

Kittle’s $19.1 cardinal mean yearly worth is simply a hairsbreadth supra Arizona Cardinals’ Trey McBride's $19 cardinal mean yearly worth connected the declaration that helium signed earlier successful the offseason. 

Kittle was acceptable to participate the last twelvemonth of a five-year, $75 cardinal woody helium signed successful 2020. He didn’t amusement up for the archetypal fewer days of the team’s voluntary offseason programme arsenic helium waited for a caller deal.

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San Francisco 49ers' George Kittle (85) reacts aft a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, successful Seattle.  (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

The two-time All-Pro was a large portion of the discourtesy for the 49ers past season, arsenic helium caught 78 passes for 1,106 yards and 8 touchdowns successful 15 games. Throughout his eight-year career, Kittle has been a large all-around choky extremity and emerged arsenic a person successful the 49ers locker room. 

"In 2017, our archetypal twelvemonth with the 49ers, we selected a skinny choky extremity from Iowa whom we were truly excited about. We had precocious hopes, but nary 1 knew that helium would go the subordinate that helium is today," 49ers wide manager John Lynch said successful a statement.

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San Francisco 49ers choky extremity George Kittle (85) carries the shot against the Dallas Cowboys during the 2nd 4th astatine Levi's Stadium. (Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images)

"George’s leadership, enthusiasm for the game, for his teammates, and the faithful are genuinely unsocial and special. He is an outstanding practice for the 49ers connected the tract and is an outstanding typical for the enactment disconnected the tract with his concern successful the section and subject communities. He has a large consciousness of pridefulness successful his relation and has enactment successful the enactment to beryllium 1 of the champion choky ends successful the NFL."

With Kittle's hold present done, Lynch has 1 much large container to cheque disconnected this offseason: backmost Brock Purdy’s declaration extension. Purdy’s imaginable declaration hold could transcend implicit $50 cardinal a year. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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