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Report: Rams, Todd Gurley finalizing 4-year, $60 million contract extension

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FEDEX - Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley was announced as the 2017 FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Year during the 7th Annual NFL Honors Awards Show at Northrop Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 in Minneapolis. (Omar Vega/AP Images for FedEx)
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FEDEX - Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley was announced as the 2017 FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Year during the 7th Annual NFL Honors Awards Show at Northrop Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 in Minneapolis. (Omar Vega/AP Images for FedEx)
By Juliakate E Culpepper
July 24, 2018

The Los Angeles Rams and running back Todd Gurley are finalizing a four-year, $60 million contract, according to a report Tuesday by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Schefter reported the contract will guarantee $45 million.

Gurley’s contract extension— which becomes the biggest long-term contract among NFL running backs— surpasses Devonta Freeman’s $41.25 million contract extension with the Atlanta Falcons which guaranteed $22 million.

Gurley, a former Georgia running back who was drafted 10th overall in the 2015 NFL Draft by the former St. Louis Rams, is coming off the best season in his three-year career which earned him the League’s Offensive Player of the Year award.

In his third year with the Rams, Gurley recorded career highs in rushing— 1,305 yards and 13 touchdowns— and receiving, 788 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns.

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