Trent McDuffie's $13.6M 5th-Year Contract Option Reportedly to Be Exercised by Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are getting at least one more season of one of their promising young cornerbacks.

Per ESPN's Jeremy Fowler the Chiefs plan on exercising Trent McDuffie's $13.6 million fifth-year contract option for the 2026 NFL season.

McDuffie, the 21st overall pick out of Washington in the 2022 NFL draft, has found plenty of success at a relatively young age. He had a strong start to his career, recording 44 tackles, seven passes defended, a forced fumble and a pair of tackles for loss in 11 games in 2022.

He followed his rookie campaign up with an outstanding 2023 season, logging 80 tackles, three sacks, a forced fumble and seven passes defended. The breakout season led to McDuffie earning First-team All-Pro honors.

In 2024, McDuffie accounted for 59 tackles, a forced fumble, two interceptions, 13 passes defended and six tackles for loss, earning him Second-team All-Pro honors.

Despite a strong season, he was snubbed from the Pro Bowl roster, which ended up being costly.

Had he earned Pro Bowl honors in 2024, he could have a larger fifth-year option. As Fox Sports' Jordan Schultz pointed out, his fifth-year option of about $12.7 million would have been $17.1 million with one Pro Bowl appearance and would have increased to more than $20 million if he had two Pro Bowl appearances.

Nonetheless, McDuffie continued to get better in 2024.

McDuffie now heads into his fourth NFL season having already played a significant role on a pair of deep playoff runs, and he'll look to show out even more this season with his free agency on the horizon.