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Justin Jefferson, the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL, chats exclusively to Sky Sports NFL about all things Minnesota Vikings, his contract, the season ahead and leadership…
The 25-year-old wide receiver signed a mammoth four-year $140m contract extension in June, which includes $110m guaranteed.
Jefferson had previously turned down a deal that would have paid him over $28m annually the day before the 2023 season started, with his new salary of $35m per year surpassing San Francisco’s Nick Bosa as NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback.
Minnesota host the San Francisco 49ers in Week Two, live on Sky Sports NFL from 6pm Sunday, and speaking to Sky Sports NFL analyst and former Super Bowl champion Ndamukong Suh from the Vikings training base, Jefferson revealed how his dreams had been made.
“It feels great. The dreams, imagining it and to go through the contract talks, listening to my agent and hearing the conversations in those meetings, for it to finally happen is unreal,” Jefferson told Sky Sports.
“It’s something you don’t expect, and you don’t really know how it goes down or how everything is settled until you are actually in that conversation.
“The Vikings, my agent, the people on my side, everyone did phenomenal in our contract talks. No one let the media inside, no one went to social media and talked any sort of way about the contract, which was great.