LATROBE, Pa. -- The Steelers and Diontae Johnson agreed to a two-year contract extension on Thursday worth $36.71-million, a deal that will keep the star wide receiver in Pittsburgh through 2024.
The deal includes $27 million in guaranteed money and ends Johnson's hold-in after just over a week of practices here at Saint Vincent College.
Johnson, 26, had been sitting out the team portion of practices as his agent, Brad Cicala, worked with new GM Omar Khan on getting a new deal done. Those talks heated up earlier this week when Cicala came to Latrobe the day after the Steelers signed placekicker Chris Boswell to a four-year extension.