Apr

26

Ward Signs Extension With Steelers

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under Off The Field News, Pittsburgh Steelers 


The Pittsburgh Steelers ensured that their leading wide receiver finishes his career in the Steel City as the team on Sunday signed Hines Ward to a five-year extension, which runs through the 2013 season.

Ward’s contract entension is expected to be worth around $22 million and allows the team to spread out his signing bonus to take a load off the salary cap; Ward will make less this season than the $5.8 million he would have made in the final season of the $27.5 million deal he signed back in 2005. However, much of that money will be made up in the form of a signing bonus.

Last season, Ward had 81 catches for 1,043 yards and 7 touchdowns; a 1998 draft pick, he owns Steelers records with 800 career catches and is 220 yards shy of the 10,000-yard mark for his career.


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