Okay, so I found myself wondering about Myles Jack’s salary the other day. Heard his name mentioned, maybe something about him potentially coming back after retiring, and it just got me thinking, you know, what was his deal looking like before he stepped away?
So, the first thing I did was just hop onto my computer. Opened up a search engine, nothing fancy. I started typing things in like “Myles Jack salary” and “Myles Jack contract Steelers” because I remembered he was with Pittsburgh most recently.
Got a bunch of results, mostly sports news sites and those places that track player contracts. I clicked through a few of them. You have to sift through a bit, sometimes the headlines are splashy but the details are buried.
Digging into the Numbers
What I found was pretty consistent for his time with the Steelers. It looked like he signed a deal there, I think it was for two years initially. The numbers thrown around were somewhere in the ballpark of, let’s see…
- A total value over the two years, maybe like $16 million, something like that.
- But you always gotta look at the guaranteed money. That’s the real number. Seemed like a chunk of that was guaranteed, but not the whole thing, which is pretty standard.
Then I remembered his time with Jacksonville, where he played for a long time. So I searched for “Myles Jack Jaguars contract extension”. That was his big one. Found info pointing to a multi-year extension he signed way back. We’re talking much bigger numbers there, tens of millions over four or five years I think it was. That contract had signing bonuses and all that jazz.
Putting it Together
So, basically, I pieced it together like this:
First, find the most recent team (Steelers). Look for the contract details there. That gives you the current picture, or at least the picture right before he retired.
Second, think about previous teams (Jaguars). Search for older contracts, especially big extensions, to get a sense of his peak earning potential during his prime years.
Third, always try to differentiate between the total potential value and the guaranteed money. Big difference.
It was interesting seeing the progression. Big rookie deal potential, then the huge extension with the Jags, then moving to the Steelers on a shorter, less massive (but still significant!) deal. Then, of course, the brief stint signing with the Eagles before deciding to retire initially. That situation usually involves veteran minimums or small guarantees, but he didn’t even play a game there.
So yeah, that was my little research project. Just involved some basic searching, clicking through sports finance sites, and piecing together the info from different points in his career. Gives you a decent idea of what a starting linebacker like him was commanding on the market.
