Michigan football fans of the Detroit Lions will be very happy. MSU fans of the Leos? Less so — maybe.
Upon coming back from a devastating season-ending injury just weeks into the 2024 NFL season, former Wolverines star Aidan Hutchinson has been on a tear in 2025. And he’s being rewarded handsomely for it.
The former No. 2 pick in the NFL draft following the 2021 season, Hutchinson inked a four-year contract to remain with the Lions on Wednesday, ensuring that the star edge rusher will remain in Motown for all of his glory years. The deal is worth $180 million.
Thus far this year, Hutchinson is ranked seventh in the NFL in sacks with six. Hutchinson is the only player int he NFL to have two-plus forced fumbles and five or more sacks.
Hutchinson was a team captain for the maize and blue and had his breakout year his senior season in 2021, when he broke his dad, Chris Hutchinson’s, single-season sack total of 11.
This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Aidan Hutchinson lands 4-year, $180M extension to stay with Lions through his prime years
Reporting by Isaiah Hole, Wolverines Wire / Wolverines Wire
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