Amani Oruwariye got a nice reward for his first season as a starter.
Oruwariye led all Detroit Lions in performance-based pay, according to numbers released by the NFL Players Association.
A fifth-round pick out of Penn State in 2019 who started 15 games last season, Oruwariye will receive an extra $572,067 for his play in 2020.
Performance-based payouts, which are designed to reward players who outperform their contracts, are deferred until 2024 because of the NFL's reduced revenue amid the COVID-19 pandemic and are made on top of players' base salaries.
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Each NFL team had a performance-based pay pool of $8.