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Bucs Made Contract Call On Freeman Months Ago

Posted Jul 17, 2010 by Roy Cummings

Updated Jul 17, 2010 at 04:13 PM

 
  By ROY CUMMINGS
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TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers decided back in March to exercise an option in Josh Freeman’s contract that will keep the quarterback in a Bucs uniform through the 2013 season.

Freeman would have been eligible for free agency following the 2012 season had the Bucs not exercised the option, but the team made the call on the fifth year less than a year after drafting Freeman, according to his agent, Tom Condon.

The Bucs traded up two spots to select Freeman with the 17th overall pick in the 2009 draft. He is slated to begin his first full season as the Bucs starting quarterback this year.

Freeman’s contract called for him to receive $10.245 million guaranteed and offers him a chance to earn another $10 million in incentives. He is slated to earn $395,000 in base pay this year.

The remainder of Freeman’s contract calls for him to earn base salaries of $740,000 in 2011, $1.085 million in 2012 and $1.43 million in 2013. Freeman will first be eligible for free agency in the spring of 2014.