Brock Purdy’s Contract Makes Him One of the Cheapest QBs In The NFL
- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.
- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.
- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.
- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.
- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.
He’s one of the break-out stars of the 2023/24 NFL season, but Brock Purdy’s contract does not reflect his history-making stats. He has the highest passer rate in NFL history ahead of Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers and also holds the league record for the highest completion percentage.
“Nothing jumps out about him physically, but he’s a good, sound, fundamental, composed, consistent player. And that goes way farther than the height and weight and speed. He’s a football player,” corner Bradley Roby told NBC Sport. “He has things you can’t measure. You can’t measure heart, you can’t measure composure, you can’t measure pocket escape ability, you can’t measure anticipation, you can’t measure being a leader. All that stuff you can’t measure. That’s why he wasn’t drafted until the seventh round. Sometimes you just gotta see what somebody’s like on the field. He does a great job in his position. He does all the things he needs to do.”
More from StyleCaster
Brock Purdy's Parents: He Wears The Number 13 As A Tribute To His Dad
Brock Purdy's Girlfriend Is Planning To Spend 'Forever' With The Star QB
Born on December 27, 1999, in Queen Creek, Arizona, Purdy has a highly athletic family. His father was a Minor League Baseball player for eight seasons, while Purdy’s older sister played softball at Southeastern University. Their younger brother Chubba was a starting quarterback at Perry before going to Florida State as a dual-threat quarterback.
Purdy started his varsity football career in 2015 as a sophomore at Perry High School and quickly established himself as a powerhouse and heading into college was deemed a three-star prospect. He signed and enrolled with Iowa State University in February 2018. Wrapping up his time at college, he finished at the Cyclones with a total of 12,170 yards and 81 touchdowns. Here are all the details for Brock Purdy’s contract.
Brock Purdy’s contract
Brock Purdy’s contract put him on a four-year, $3,737,008 contract with the San Francisco 49ers, including a $77,008 signing bonus, $77,008 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $934,252. He was drafted as the final pick (262nd overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft, making him that year’s Mr. Irrelevant. Despite that, the team had confidence in him. “He’s relevant to us,” general manager John Lynch said.
“I think it’s a funny thing,” Purdy told ESPN at the time. “If you’re a fan, or even my family, friends and stuff, it’s funny to laugh about it and joke around with it. For me, I’m looking at it as an opportunity. I got my foot in the door, a team believed in me and now I get my opportunity to go and play football. That’s what I want my career to be. That’s what I want my job to be is to be an NFL quarterback and now I have the opportunity to do so. That’s how I’m looking at it.”
He continued: “From the outside looking in, I guess it’s a funny thing and I’ll embrace the role and have some fun with it for sure, but at the end of the day I’m trying to go and help a team win the Super Bowl. That’s where my mindset is at with it.”
Kyle Shanahan asked Griese and assistant quarterbacks coach Klay Kubiak to put together a list of names they liked at the position, which included Purdy. “He was a guy we labeled early as our No. 1 free agent we were gonna go after and when you get to there and they haven’t been drafted, we have the last pick, we thought it was perfect,” Shanahan said. “The guy has played a lot of football. He plays the game the right way. He’s extremely tough, gets the ball to the right spots and plays very well in the pocket and is a guy who we think can come in here and help us fill out this roster and give himself a chance to make the team.”
The deal was a steal. Purdy is the top-rated quarterback in the NFL, well on his way to MVP eligibility, which leads some pundits to argue his current contract should be torn up so he can be paid what he deserves. Top quarterbacks, after all, are making anywhere from $12 million to $57 million per year.
In an interview with NBC, Purdy explained that because of his low salary, his living arrangements have had to reflect that. “So, I still have a roommate, one of my offensive linemen here,” Purdy admitted. “So, he and I are still splitting rent. I still drive my Toyota Sequoia and, other than that, it’s pretty simple.”
According to NFL insider Adam Schefter, “In the 2017 NFL Draft in which they held the second overall pick, the 49ers did not study Patrick Mahomes because they believed they would be able to sign Kirk Cousins during 2018 free agency and reunite him with Kyle Shanahan. Those plans were scuttled when the Patriots and offered and traded Jimmy Garoppolo to the 49ers in October 2017,” he tweeted.
“But the one QB the 49ers did trade up to get in the 2017 draft was C.J. Beathard, whom they selected in the third round, 104th overall. Beathard eventually left San Francisco to sign with Jacksonville and, in return, the 49ers got a compensatory 2022 7th-round pick that they used on … Brock Purdy.
He continued: “Had Brock Purdy gone undrafted, he would’ve been contract-extension eligible this offseason. But because the 49ers selected him with the last pick in the draft, he isn’t eligible for a new deal until after the 2024 season.”
Brock Purdy’s net worth
Brock Purdy’s net worth is estimated to be around $300,000 according to Celebrity Net Worth. He just signed two years ago, so it will undoubtedly change soon. Top quarterbacks, after all, are making anywhere from $12 million to $57 million per year.
When It Was Just a Game: Remembering the First Super Bowl
For more about the Super Bowl, football fans can check out When It Was Just a Game: Remembering the First Super Bowl by Harvey Frommer. The best-selling book delves into the history of the first Super Bowl, which was originally known as the AFL-NFL Championship Game. (The term “Super Bowl” was coined only in its third year.) The debut game, between the winning Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs, was played in front of only 61,946 people at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum—an audience well below the stadium’s capacity. Harvey Frommer, a sports historian and reporter, puts the tale of that momentous game together using oral history, gathered by hundreds of interviews with players, coaches, media and spectators alike.
Remembering The First Super Bowl
11.49+
Our mission at STYLECASTER is to bring style to the people, and we only feature products we think you’ll love as much as we do. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission from the sale.
Best of StyleCaster
