The Green Bay Packers and right tackle Zach Tom agreed to a four-year, $88 million contract extension on Monday, according to Rob Demovsky and Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. The new deal is worth $22 million in new money per year, keeps Tom under contract in Green Bay through the 2029 season and includes a record $30.2 million signing bonus.
The Packers and Tom, who was set to enter a contract year in 2025, agreed to the new deal just two days before the start of training camp. Veterans are set to report to training camp on Tuesday, so Tom will have a chance to officially put pen to paper on the deal before stepping onto the practice field. He participated throughout the offseason workout program without a new deal and never seemed worried about getting a new deal done before the regular season.
Tom, a fourth-round pick in the 2022 draft, became a full-time starter at right tackle as a second-year player and then emerged as one of the NFL’s best right tackles during a dominant 2024 season.
Over the last two seasons, Tom allowed only six total sacks while improving in both run-blocking grade and pass-blocking grade at Pro Football Focus. He was one of only four right tackles to receive All-Pro votes in 2024, although he wasn’t named to the first- or second-team.
The previous record for signing bonus for a Packers offensive lineman was set at $30 million by David Bakhtiari, another fourth-round pick who became an elite player at offensive tackle in Green Bay.
Tom’s extension and the completion of Anthony Belton’s second-round rookie contract answers two of the big contract question marks for the Packers entering training camp. The two remaining question marks surround linebacker Quay Walker, who is entering the final year of his deal but is an extension candidate, and offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins, who wants more guaranteed money in his deal.
