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Contract Incentives on the Line for Odell Beckham Jr. and the Stars of Super Bowl LVI

From Odell Beckham Jr. and Andrew Whitworth to Trey Hendrickson and Vonn Bell, tracking the cash bonuses for grabs in Sunday’s Rams-Bengals Super Bowl.

For everyone playing in the Super Bowl on Sunday, it’s likely one of the biggest and most important games and days of their careers and lives. And for some, a little more is on the line thanks to the contract incentives that can come with playing in or winning the biggest event in sports.

Just like superstars including Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Rob Gronkowski cashed incentives in Week 18 to close out the regular season, a dozen players participating in this weekend’s famous Bengals-Rams clash at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium have a chance to cash in even more.

And If you’re Odell Beckham Jr. or Andrew Whitworth, you’ve got six- and seven-figure bonuses riding on the Rams‘ first championship since their St. Louis “Greatest Show on Turf” days.

Let’s run down the list.

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Super Bowl Incentives & Bonuses: Los Angeles Rams

  • WR Odell Beckham Jr.
    • Incentive: $1,000,000 for a Super Bowl win OR $500,000 if he’s active and the Rams lose
  • OT Andrew Whitworth
    • Incentive: $500,000 for a Super Bowl win IF he plays 65% of the team’s snaps
  • DE A’Shawn Robinson
    • Incentive: $29,411 per-game active roster bonus

Super Bowl Bonuses & Incentives: Cincinnati Bengals

  • CB Trae Waynes
    • Incentive $11,764 per-game active roster bonus
  • DE Trey Hendrickson
    • Incentive: $11,764 per-game active roster bonus
    • Read more: A Pro Bowler this season, is Hendrickson’s contract undervalued when factoring in his production compared to the highest-paid NFL players at his position?
  • DT D.J. Reader
    • Incentive: $23,529 per-game active roster bonus
  • WR Tyler Boyd
    • Incentive: $14,705 per-game active roster bonus
  • CB Vonn Bell
    • Incentive: $11,764 per-game active roster bonus
  • CB Chidobe Awuzie
    • Incentive: $23,529 per-game active roster bonus
  • C Trey Hopkins:
    • Incentive: $11,764 per-game active roster bonus
  • CB Mike Hilton:
    • Incentive: $29,411 per-game active roster bonus
  • OT Riley Reiff
    • Incentive: $17,647 per-game active roster bonus
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Shlomo Sprung

Shlomo Sprung is a Senior Staff Writer at Boardroom. He has more than a decade of experience in journalism, with past work appearing in Forbes, MLB.com, Awful Announcing, and The Sporting News. He graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2011, and his Twitter and Spotify addictions are well under control. Just ask him.

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Shlomo Sprung
Shlomo Sprung
Shlomo Sprung is a Senior Staff Writer at Boardroom. He has more than a decade of experience in journalism, with past work appearing in Forbes, MLB.com, Awful Announcing, and The Sporting News. He graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2011, and his Twitter and Spotify addictions are well under control. Just ask him.