{"id":1184347,"date":"2026-06-03T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1184347"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:27:11","slug":"former-auburn-star-derick-hall-agrees-to-huge-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/former-auburn-star-derick-hall-agrees-to-huge-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Auburn Star Derick Hall Agrees to Huge Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0Auburn\u00a0Tigers\u00a0superstar pass rusher Derick Hall\u00a0has agreed to a significant contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks after playing a huge role in helping them\u00a0win the Super Bowl this past February.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from Adam Schefter, Hall\u2019s deal extends him for three years and will pay him $42 million with $21 million of it being fully guaranteed to keep him with the team through the 2029 season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Edge Derick Hall and the Seahawks reached agreement today on a three-year, $42 million extension that could be worth up to $46.5 million and includes $21 million guaranteed, per his agents Chad Berger and Ezra J Thompson. Hall is now under contract to Seattle the 2029 season.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LqWAwcseLN\">pic.twitter.com\/LqWAwcseLN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2061839542814929361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the Super Bowl, Hall had two sacks as well as a forced fumble in a dominating defensive performance that had Seattle completely shut down the New England Patriots offense.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Edge Derick Hall and the Seahawks reached agreement today on a three-year, $42 million extension that could be worth up to $46.5 million and includes $21 million guaranteed, per his agents Chad Berger and Ezra J Thompson. Hall is now under contract to Seattle the 2029 season.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LqWAwcseLN\">pic.twitter.com\/LqWAwcseLN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2061839542814929361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Over a distinguished four-year career on The Plains, Hall racked up 19.5 sacks to become a second round selection in the 2023 NFL Draft, and through his three-year career so far has established himself as a key piece of one of the best defenses in football with Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>As he continues to ascend and now is getting paid like one of the better young pass rushers in the league, Auburn fans will continue to root him on and cheer for him from all the way across the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former\u00a0Auburn\u00a0Tigers\u00a0superstar pass rusher Derick Hall\u00a0has agreed to a significant contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks after playing a huge role in helping them\u00a0win the Super <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/former-auburn-star-derick-hall-agrees-to-huge-contract-extension\/\" title=\"Former Auburn Star Derick Hall Agrees to Huge Contract Extension\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1184348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,10,147,206],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1184347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-auburn","8":"category-tigers-plains-war-eagle","9":"category-featured-news","10":"category-nfl"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ehl2510110018_georgia_at_auburn.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184349,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184347\/revisions\/1184349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}