Overview
- Simpson agreed to and began signing the four-year rookie contract on Saturday, resolving his status as the final unsigned 2026 first-round pick and only unsigned rookie quarterback.
- The deal is reported as a four-year, $25.4 million fully guaranteed contract with a $14.94 million signing bonus and a fifth-year team option.
- Simpson's late signing followed agency requests for specific guarantee language and was completed by agent Ed Berry of CAA Sports just before the Rams opened training camp.
- He will enter camp competing with Stetson Bennett for the backup job behind Matthew Stafford while remaining the Rams' projected long-term successor.
- Under the NFL rookie wage scale the contract matches the draft slot value and the Rams must decide on the fifth-year option by May 2029, a move that would affect the team's long-term quarterback cost and planning.