Jaycee Horn contract details: Where Panthers CB ranks among highest-paid
Jaycee Horn enjoyed one of the most productive seasons of his career for the Carolina Panthers in 2024. The 25-year-old made 68 tackles, two sacks and logged an interception while playing in a career-high 15 games.
The Panthers rewarded Horn's best season by making him the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history, the team announced Monday.
Horn was entering the last year of his rookie contract in 2025. The Panthers exercised his fifth-year option, worth $12.47 million, during the 2024 NFL offseason. Now, Horn will be tied to Carolina through the 2029 season.
Here's what to know about the 2021 first-round pick's new deal in Carolina:
Jaycee Horn contract details
Horn signed a four-year, $100 million contract extension ahead of 2025 NFL free agency. Below are the basics of the deal, per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
- Term: 4 years
- Total value: $100 million
- Average annual value (AAV): $25 million
- Guaranteed money: $70 million
Horn's new deal makes him the first defensive back in NFL history to earn $25 million or more in AAV. The previous record belonged to Jalen Ramsey, who makes $24.1 million in AAV on his current deal.
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Horn has the highest AAV among NFL cornerbacks, but he doesn't quite have the largest overall contract league-wide. Here's a look at how Horn's total contract value, AAV and guarantees compare to other players at his position.
AAV
- Jaycee Horn, Panthers: $25 million
- Jalen Ramsey, Dolphins: $24.1 million
- Patrick Surtain, Broncos: $24 million
- Jaire Alexander, Packers: $21 million
- A.J. Terrell, Falcons: $20.25 million
- Denzel Ward, Browns: $20.1 million
- Marshon Lattimore, Commanders: $19.52 million
- Marlon Humphrey, Ravens: $19.5 million
- Trevon Diggs, Cowboys: $19.4 million
- Tyson Campbell, Jaguars: $19.13 million
Guaranteed money
- Patrick Surtain, Broncos: $77.5 million
- Denzel Ward, Browns: $71.25 million
- Jaycee Horn, Panthers: $70 million
- Marlon Humphrey, Ravens: $67.32 million
- A.J. Terrell, Falcons: $65.8 million
- Marshon Lattimore, Commanders: $58.1 million
- Tyson Campbell, Jaguars: $53.4 million
- L'Jarius Sneed, Titans: $51.5 million
- Jaylon Johnson, Bears: $51.4 million
- Trevon Diggs, Cowboys: $42.3 million
Total contract value
- Denzel Ward, Browns: $100.5 million
- Jaycee Horn, Panthers: $100 million
- Marshon Lattimore, Saints: $97.6 million
- Marlon Humphrey, Ravens: $97.5 million
- Trevon Diggs, Cowboys: $97 million
- Patrick Surtain, Broncos: $96 million
- Deommodore Lenoir, 49ers: $88.89 million
- Jaire Alexander, Packers: $84 million
- A.J. Terrell, Falcons: $81 million
- Tyson Campbell, Jaguars: $76.5 million