Cards' Hopkins becomes highest-paid non-QB with reported 2-year, $54.5M extension

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins signed a contract extension Tuesday, the team announced.

It's a two-year deal worth $54.5 million that will make Hopkins the NFL's highest-paid non-quarterback, sources told Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Los Angeles Chargers star pass-rusher Joey Bosa is the current leading earner among non-QBs after inking a deal worth $27 million annually earlier this offseason. Hopkins' reported annual average of $27.25 million would also blow past Julio Jones' previously position-leading salary of $22 million per season.

Hopkins will reportedly receive $42.75 million in guaranteed money.

The deal could turn into a one-year pact as the second year is reportedly voidable. The contract also contains provisions prohibiting the Cardinals from trading Hopkins or using the franchise tag on him, added Rapoport.

Hopkins now has five years and $94 million remaining on the deal he originally signed with the Houston Texans before a shock trade to Arizona in March, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.

A first-team All-Pro in each of the last three seasons, Hopkins established himself among the NFL's elite wide receivers in seven campaigns with Houston. The 28-year-old led the NFL in receiving touchdowns in 2017 and owns five 1,000-yard seasons.

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