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Oklahoma's Trent Williams signs historic, massive contract with San Francisco

The former Sooners All-American got a six-year, $138.06 million deal with huge guaranteed money up front
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Oklahoma's Trent Williams signs historic, massive contract with San Francisco
Oklahoma's Trent Williams signs historic, massive contract with San Francisco

Former Oklahoma offensive tackle Trent Williams signed a massive new contract to remain with the San Francisco 49ers on Wednesday morning.

According the multiple reports, Williams signed a six-year, $138.06 million deal to stay with the 49ers, including $55.1 and the first two years of the contract fully guaranteed.

News broke overnight that the eight-time Pro Bowler and former OU All-American would return to San Francisco.

Williams got a $30.1 million signing bonus and will get $23 million a year.

It’s the biggest contract for an offensive lineman in NFL history.

Williams, 32, was the fourth overall pick out of OU by Washington in the 2010 NFL Draft — behind teammates Sam Bradford (No. 1) and Gerald McCoy (No. 3).

A disagreement with the team over a health concern caused a rift between Washington and Williams, and he ended up sitting out the whole 2019 season in dispute. He was acquired by the Niners during the 2020 NFL Draft, and Pro Football Focus grade him as the top left tackle in the league last year.

Williams, a 3-star prospect out of Longview, TX, came to OU from a heavy run-oriented offense, but quickly learned the finer points of pass blocking, eventually starting at right tackle as a true freshman.

He was a two-time All-Big 12 performer and unanimous All-American offensive tackle in 2009. But for his final collegiate game, because of injuries across the OU front, he famously switched positions and played center in the Sun Bowl victory over Stanford.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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