Panthers make McCaffrey highest-paid running back
The Carolina Panthers have agreed to a four-year, $64 million contract extension with All-Pro Christian McCaffrey, a person familiar with the contract negotiation told The Associated Press, making McCaffrey the highest-paid running back in the NFL.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Monday because the Panthers have not announced the extension. Details on how much of the contract is fully guaranteed were unavailable.
McCaffrey ran for 1,387 yards and hauled in 1,005 yards receiving last season for the Panthers, joining Marshall Faulk and Roger Craig as the only running backs in
NFL history to reach 1,000 yards in both categories in the same season.
The former Stanford star, 23, had one year left on his current contract.
ESPN AND NFL NETWORK WILL COMBINE FOR NFL DRAFT TELECAST » ESPN and NFL Network will join forces for this year’s NFL draft. They will produce a broadcast that will air on both networks over all three days.
The April 23-25 draft was originally scheduled to be in Las Vegas but has been moved due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will now originate from ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.
Draft hosts and a limited number of commentators will be in-studio but will adhere to social distancing guidelines. Other reporters and analysts will report remotely from home. Commissioner Roger Goodell will introduce first-round picks from his home in Bronxville, New York. LINEBACKER MORROW SIGNS TENDER WITH RAIDERS » Linebacker Nicholas Morrow signed his restricted free agent tender with the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Raiders placed a second-round tender on Morrow last month worth about $3.2 million. That allowed them to match any contract offer Morrow received from another team or they would get a second-round pick as compensation.
Morrow originally joined the Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2017. He has played in all 48 games since joining the team and had 73 tackles and one interception in 2019, when he started eight games.
The Raiders previously signed Cory Littleton and Nick Kwiatkoski as free agents but still wanted Morrow back for depth and special teams play.
EX-QB TARVARIS JACKSON DIES IN CAR CRASH » Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died in a onecar crash outside Montgomery, authorities said Monday. He was 36.
The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro that Jackson was driving went off the road, struck a tree and overturned at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Trooper Benjamin “Michael” Carswell, an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman, said in a news release.