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Niners Agree To Record-Setting Deal With Offensive Tackle Trent Williams
The six-year, $138 million deal makes Williams the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history.
By CBS San Francisco Staff:
SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) — After losing wide receiver Kendrick Bourne to free agency, the San Francisco 49ers weren’t going to risk seeing tackle Trent Williams also move on to a new team.
Bourne signed a three-year deal worth up to $22.5 million on Monday with the suddenly free spending New England Patriots.
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So on Wednesday, they reached a 6-year, $138 million deal that makes Williams the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history. Of that sum, $55.1 million is guaranteed.
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