The quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts – Andrew Luck has signed a new contract with the team, just a year before the expiration of his current rookie contract. So, we won’t see him on the market for free agents. The extension of the contract is with the duration of 5 years. The quarterback will receive the biggest salary in the history of the American football. Andrew Luck is going to receive $140 m.! $87 m. of the whole amount is guaranteed, which is also a record.

Andrew Luck will receive $25 million per season until 2020, which means that he outpaced Joe Flacco, who was the highest paid player in the NFL. Flacco’s salary is $22,1 m. per season.

The new highest paid player in the NFL was elected under №1 in the draft in 2012. He has started his career in a high school in Houston (Texas). Then, Andrew Luck has continued to play American football at the college of Stanford. The quarterback signed his first professional contract in 2012 and became the key player of the Indianapolis Colts. Luck has a record of 14,838 passing yards in 2015. He has also a passer rating of 85.0 and 1,101 rushing yards. The quarterback recorded 12 rushing touchdowns.

To continue with, Andrew Luck has had a really good stats record since playing for the Indianapolis Colts. He has scored 110 touchdowns (in the regular season and the playoffs) in his professional career so far. The quarterback has also made 67 interceptions.

His talent has won him the AFC Offensive Player of the Month award in November 2014, 3 times the AFC Offensive Player of the Week and 3 times NFL Rookie of the Week. Andrew Luck has also lots of achievements and has set many records since playing American football professionally. He has recorded 433 passing yards in a single match (vs. Miami Dolphins) in 2012, becoming the rookie with the most passing yards in one game. Luck is the first quarterback to throw for 350+ yards in 5 matches in a row. He is the third player to throw for 3,000 yards in the first 9 matches. But maybe the most impressive record for him is that he is the first quarterback to throw for 370+ yards, four touchdowns and has a percentage of completion – 70%.

So, he has proven he is one of the best quarterbacks, but I will leave it to you to decide whether he deserves such a salary.