The 49ers and nervous George Kittle completed a new five-year contract on Tuesday.
All details of the transaction have arrived.
They are here:
1. Signed bonus: $18.145 million ($3 million paid by May 9, 2025, $8.145 million paid by September 12, 2025, and $7 million paid by April 3, 2026).
2. 2025 offseason workout bonus: $100,000, fully guaranteed, but must be earned.
3. Basic salary in 2025: US$1.255 million, fully guaranteed.
4. 2025 Active Lineup Per Person Bonus: Total $500,000, fully guaranteed, but must be earned.
5. 2026 Offseason Workout Bonus: $100,000, fully guaranteed, but must be earned.
6. Base salary in 2026: $12.4 million, fully guaranteed. (USD 10.9 million can be paid as an option bonus.)
7. 2026 Active Lineup Per Person: Total $500,000, fully guaranteed, but must be earned.
8. 2027 offseason workout bonus: $100,000.
9. 2027 Basic Salary: $17.15 million, fully guaranteed, of which $2 million can be fully guaranteed, of which $5 million is conditionally guaranteed based on the performance in 2026. (USD 15.5 million can be paid as an option bonus.)
10. 2027 per capita lineup bonus: Total $750,000.
11. 2028 offseason workout bonus: $100,000.
12. Basic salary in 2028: US$17.15 million. (US$15.4 million can be paid as an option bonus.)
13. 2028 per capita lineup bonus: Total $750,000.
14. 2029 offseason workout bonus: $100,000.
15. 2029 Basic Salary: US$21.55 million. ($19.8 million can be paid as an option bonus.)
16. 2029 per capita lineup bonus: Total $750,000.
The deal paid $91.4 million in five years, with an annual average of $18.28 million.
The new average for the four-year extension is $76.4 million, with an average of $19.1 million per year. The average price of the new currency is $22.4 million in 2029, at $18 million.
The $18 million utility new currency APY left him behind Cardinal's close Trey McBride, whose contract does not include the final year, was the highest-paid tension. Kittle's $18 million stays ahead.
The first two years ($33 million) and the third year $2 million were fully guaranteed in terms of signing. In 2026, he can reach any of nine different possible achievements in 2026 to unlock another $5 million guarantee in 2027 guarantee: (1) After obtaining initial voting eligibility, participate in the Pro Bowl for entry or backup unless there is medical forgiveness; (2) Win First-line or Second Team All-Pro honors; (3) Get 1,000 or more receive codes; (4) Capture 10 or more touchdown passes; (5) Capture 60 or more passes in 850 or more yards; (6) Capture 5 or more touchdowns or more; (7) Score five or more touchdown receptions and generate 850 or more; (8) Participate in 75% or more offensive goals and the team wins at least one playoff game; or (9) Participate in 65% or more offensive snapshots and captures 60 or more passes.
Kittle replaced the remaining years of his existing contract for $15 million, guaranteed $33 million for two years and guaranteed another $2 million for the third year. He has the ability to knock the total warranty to $40 million.
By two years of practical problems, 49 people were promised. Since then, it has become an annual arrangement.