Instead of tendering kicker Younghoe Koo as a restricted free agent, the Atlanta Falcons decided to make a big commitment to him instead.
The club is signing him to a five-year deal worth $24.25 million with $11.5 million guaranteed, a source confirmed to ESPN, keeping one of the NFL's most accurate kickers in Atlanta. NFL Network first reported the deal.
At an average of $4.85 million per year, Koo is the second-highest paid kicker in the league in average per year, behind just Baltimore's Justin Tucker, who is at $5 million per year, according to Roster Management System.