Jaguars’ Brandon Linder is NFL’s highest-paid center

The Jaguars have signed Brandon Linder to a five-year contract extension that makes him the NFL’s highest-paid center in terms of annual salary.

The extension is worth $51.7 million, with $24 million guaranteed.

“It means the world to me,” Linder said in a statement. “I’d love to play here my whole career. I fell in love with this city and we have big things coming, changing the culture, and now we start tomorrow for training camp. I couldn’t think of a better place to play my career.”