Sam Darnold plans to signal a three-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks that
contains $55m assured, with the whole worth of the deal value greater than $110m.
The 27-year-old arrives as a alternative for Geno Smith, who was traded by the Seahawks to the Las Vegas Raiders final week.
Darnold revived his profession in 2024 with the Minnesota Vikings, main them to 14 wins, however was outmatched throughout an necessary Week 18 recreation towards the Detroit Lions after which equally misplaced in a wild-card defeat to the Los Angeles Rams.
The late-season droop, mixed with the return to health of final 12 months’s first-round choose J.J. McCarthy, led to doubts over Darnold’s future with the Vikings – and he has now opted to maneuver to the Seahawks.
Darnold will reunite with Seattle offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, his passing recreation coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers – the place the quarterback served as a back-up – in 2023.
Darnold was the No 3 general choose within the 2018 draft by the New York Jets, earlier than occurring to spend two years with the Carolina Panthers.
Darnold has a 21-35 profession file, 12,064 passing yards, 63 touchdowns, 56 interceptions and a 59.7 completion share.
He involves an offensive roster underneath head coach Mike Macdonald that’s nonetheless within the works. The Seahawks launched large receiver Tyler Lockett and traded wideout DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason.
