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Detroit Lions star becomes highest-paid wide receiver in NFL

Philip Marsh
Detroit Lions star becomes highest-paid wide receiver in NFLGettyImages
The Lions will be hoping to improve on a brilliant 2023 season.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown has signed a new four-year contract extension with the franchise, per Ian Rapoport.

The $120m deal with $77m guaranteed makes St. Brown the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL, breaking Cooper Kupp's record of $75m guaranteed.

St. Brown was drafted in the fourth-round of the 2021 NFL Draft, but has been as good as any wide receiver over his first three years in the league.

Last season was St. Brown's best to date, as he caught 119 passes for 1,515 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Those numbers were all in the top four for wide receivers in 2023.

Detroit and the 'Sun God' will now be hoping to defend their NFC North title - their first since 1993 - and go one better than last year where they reached the NFC Championship game.

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