For the second straight year, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was rewarded for being one of the most productive underpaid players in the NFL.

Purdy, in the third year of his original rookie deal, nearly doubled his 2024 salary with an $857,842 pay bump in performance-based pay, an NFL program instituted in 2002 that offers additional compensation based on playing time and salary.

Of the 25 names released by the NFL who cashed in, Purdy came in at No. 16 and he wasn’t even the highest 49er player on the list. That went to rookie guard Dominick Puni, who received $898,036 after playing all but one snap in 17 games after being a third-round draft pick out of Kansas.

Purdy’s salary in 2025 was $985,000, while Puni made $795,000.

Last season, Purdy received $737,759 in performance-based pay based on his 2023 playing time and performance.

Given that with a contract extension, it should be his last year in the program.

Purdy is due an extensive pay bump

Thanks to a mandatory fourth-year pay increase based on making a Pro Bowl in 2023, Purdy is scheduled to make $5,346,000 in 2025. Purdy isn’t expected to play for that figure as both general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan have committed to him as their quarterback of the future and the team has put its financial affairs in order with the  while negotiating an extension.

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