We now know how much “More Bobo” is worth to the Seahawks.
The Super Bowl champions will match the offer Jake Bobo got from the Jacksonville Jaguars and will re-sign their wide receiver, special-teams mainstay and popular locker-room guy to a new, two-year contract.
Agent Steve Caric confirmed to The News Tribune Monday morning Bobo will get a two-year deal worth $5.5 million, with $4.5 million of that guaranteed, to stay with Seattle. The contract includes a $1.75 million signing bonus. The maximum value could reach $7 million with incentives and bonuses through the 2027 season.
The base value of $5.5 million is twice what Bobo has earned in his first three NFL seasons with Seattle, combined.
Bobo is one of the Seahawks’ “glue guys,” renowned inside the locker room for his blocking and his selfless play on special teams. He played Super Bowl 60 last month after having surgery 13 days before for a broken hand. He played through the NFC championship game Jan. 25 with a broken metacarpal in his right hand.
“I love Jake. The guys in here love him,” wide receiver and 2022 Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp said during the Seahawks’ playoff run in January. “And he’s been a big deal, big part of our thing this year.”
The Seahawks signed Bobo into the NFL as a rookie free agent from UCLA and Duke in the spring of 2023.
Bobo, 27, had entered this month as a Seahawks restricted free agent. His deal to stay came on the same morning the Seahawks signed All-Pro wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba to a contract extension that is the NFL’s richest at the position.
This story will be updated.