How Hollywood Brown’s contract bonuses with the Kansas City Chiefs break down

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Marquise Brown has just confirmed that he has officially put pen to paper on the one-year deal.

He links up with Patrick Mahomes on a ‘prove it’ contract in the hope of landing a big deal if his performances can reward him with one.

There is a heightened level of excited anticipation to see how his speed can be utilized.

Chiefs were keen on Brown in 2019

The Chiefs have always been a fan of the wide receiver out of Oklahoma.

So much so, that Brown admitted that the Chiefs were in regular talks with him before the 2019 NFL Draft.

Nonetheless, the Chiefs have their man finally.

The man who is dubbed ‘Hollywood’ will be playing on a contract that can reach the value of $11 million.

Incentives are a major aspect of NFL contracts and players have opportunities to earn millions on top of their guaranteed salary.

Furthermore, Hollywood’s contract incentives have now been made public by Albert Breer.

Hollywood Brown contract breakdown

First thing first is the signing bonus, he will be receiving $3 million from just putting pen to paper alone.

When you consider his guaranteed salary is $3.5 million, before the 26-year-old even starts the opening game in 2024, he has pocketed $6.5 million.

Now here are Brown’s in-game incentives:

• $1 million in TD incentives.
• $1.5 million in playtime incentives.
• $1.5 million in yards incentives.

The maximum Brown can be paid touchdown incentives is $1 million and that requires seven scores.

If he scores six, he will earn $750,000, and if he scores five then $500,000.

In terms of playtime incentives, Brown can earn a maximum of $1.5 million if he manages 75% playtime.

The lowest he can earn is reaching 45%, which would see him bank $500,000. There are rewards for 52.5% and 60% playtime ($625,000 and $750,000 respectively).

$1.5 million available in receiving yards

The last in-play reward is the receiving yards bracket.

If Brown manages to break 1,000 yards – which he has only done once – he could earn $1.5 million.

The rest of the yard bonuses are as follows: 750 yards ($750,000), 625 yards ($625,000), and 500 yards ($500,000).

In addition to all of these, Brown has inclusive $250,000 bonuses for workout and per-game rosters.

There is a lot to play for in his one year in Missouri, a vast amount of money is on the table.