2020 QB draft class cashes in with more than $1.2 billion in contract extensions

The 2020 quarterback draft class is well on its way to being the highest-paid group of QBs from any draft in NFL history. The quintet of quarterbacks taken in the top two rounds four years ago also has a chance at being the most prolific.

With Tua Tagovailoa and Jordan Love being the final two quarterbacks to cash in on big-money extensions just hours apart on Friday, the five QBs taken in the first two rounds four years ago have agreed to contracts in a span of less than 16 months that are worth more than $1.2 billion.

No. 1 pick Joe Burrow signed the richest one last summer when Cincinnati gave him a five-year, $275 million deal that included a $40 million signing bonus. That deal topped the one from earlier last summer when the Los Angeles Chargers gave No. 6 pick Justin Herbert a five-year $262.5 million deal.

Second-rounder Jalen Hurts, who was picked 53rd overall in 2020, was the first from the class to get rewarded when he got a five-year $255 million extension in April — less than three months after leading Philadelphia to a Super Bowl appearance.