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Defensive tackle David Onyemata has been with the New Orleans Saints his entire career since they drafted him in the fourth round in 2016, and that reportedly won't change anytime soon.
According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Saints agreed to a three-year, $27 million deal with Onyemata. Garafolo noted the defensive tackle from Nigeria had not even heard of football as recently as a decade ago.
Mike Triplett of ESPN.com noted $18 million of the contract is guaranteed.
Triplett credited Onyemata as "a big reason for the resurgence of New Orleans' run defense, which led the NFL over a two-year span from 2018 to 2019, allowing just 85.