Full Details of Ezra Cleveland's Contract With the Jaguars Revealed

How much will Ezra Cleveland make on his new deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars?

The Jacksonville Jaguars struck a new deal with left guard Ezra Cleveland on Thursday afternoon, locking down the former second-round pick for at least another three seasons.

While the deal was reportedly set to be worth $28.5 over three seasons, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported the contract breakdown and reflected the true value of the deal is three years for $24 million with $14.25 million fully-guaranteed at signing.

According to Florio, the deal is worth $27.5 million if Cleveland meets all incentives. This deal makes Cleveland the No. 18 guard in terms of average annual value as of today, according to Spotrac.

Cleveland is set to have a cap hit of $3,591,176 in 2024 and $5,200,000 in 2025, while his cap hit rises to 9,250,000 in 2026. The Jaguars have a potential out in 2026, where releasing Cleveland would save $2,550,000 but take on a dead cap hit of over $7 million.

In short, Cleveland looks to be a lock to stick on the roster for at least the next two seasons.

“We like Ezra, in fact, we’ll be meeting with his agent sometime this week. I believe it’s Thursday or Friday, we’re meeting with Ron. We’ll sit down and talk, we traded for him for a reason and we think he’s an awfully good football player," Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke said at last week's NFL Scouting Combine.

"We’d like him back. We’d like all of our players back. That’s the way we roll. Unfortunately, you can’t get them all back. We’ll work hard, talk with Ron, his agent, and we’ll talk with Ezra a little bit and see if we can come to an agreement.”

The Jaguars traded a sixth-round pick to the Minnesota Vikings at last year's trade deadline to acquire Cleveland, reuniting him with offensive line coach Phil Rauscher.

Cleveland went on to appear in nine games for the Jaguars, starting four games at left guard and one game at left tackle. Cleveland did deal with injuries during the 2023 season, which meant the Jaguars didn't get a chance to see their ideal starting offensive line play together until the final game of the season.