Christian Darrisaw, a left tackle, and the Minnesota Vikings reached a four-year contract extension on Tuesday that will keep Darrisaw with the team until the 2029 campaign. According to media reports, the agreement has a maximum value of $113 million with $77 million guaranteed, of which $43.7 million is guaranteed at signing.
Darrisaw, 25, had two seasons left on his rookie deal when the Vikings selected his $16.037 million guaranteed fifth-year option for 2025. According to the disclosed figures, Darrisaw is the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL with an average yearly salary of $28.25 million, surpassing that of Detroit Lions right tackle Penei Sewell (four years, $112 million for an average of $28 million). Darrisaw was chosen by the Vikings from Virginia Tech in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft (23rd overall). Including all 15 of his games in 2023, when he played a career-high 982 snaps, he has started 39 of 41 games.
He had the third-best pass-blocking grade (85.3) among offensive linemen who played at least half of their team’s snaps in 2023 according to Pro Football Focus, and he had the fourth-best offensive grade (85.1) overall among all offensive lineman who played at least 100 snaps. Due to minor ailments, he missed three games in 2022, five games in 2021, and two games last season. –Media at the Field Level
