Longtime Alabama defensive lineman Justin Eboigbe found his new NFL home after being selected early in the fourth round by the Los Angeles Chargers.
Following that selection, we now what the details of Eboigbe’s first professional contract will look like. The No. 105 pick in the draft, he’s set to sign a deal worth $4.8 million with an average annual value of just over $1.2 million, according to Spotrac. His signing bonus is $852,000.
Justin Eboigbe spent five seasons with Alabama after signing with the Crimson Tide as a four-star recruit in the class of 2019. He was ranked as the No. 69 overall player in the country for that season, according to the On3 Industry rankings.
Eboigbe was a first-team All-SEC selection in 2023 after recording 64 tackles and 11.5 tackles for loss. That includes four tackles in the Rose Bowl against Michigan after helping Alabama reach the College Football Playoff.
The Georgia native immediately made an impact at Alabama after joining the program ahead of the 2019 season.
As a freshman, Justin Eboigbe played in 10 games, making a pair of starts. That season, he finished the year with 10 tackles, 3 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.
In 2020, Eboigbe appeared in 13 games, making 19 tackles and adding an interception. The following year, he recorded 19 tackles, while helping Alabama reach the national championship game.
Justin Eboigbe then had a setback in 2022. He appeared in four games and was off to a strong start to the year, recording 11 tackles, before suffering an injury that cost him the rest of the season.
The good news is that he rebounded from that to have his best year yet in 2023 and is now off to the NFL.
As for his team, well, the Chargers obviously have a brand new head coach migrating back to the NFL in former Michigan leader Jim Harbaugh. Plus, they’ve already added some real stars in the draft already, nabbing the consensus top offensive lineman in OT Joe Alt, followed by Ladd McConkey as well to help replenish a WR room that lost Keenan Allen and Mike Williams.
After such an offense-heavy front of the draft, LAC opted to go with some defense here on day three, and it came in round four in the form of former Crimson Tide DL Justin Eboigbe. Best of luck to him on the start of his career, which comes with a pretty nice check.
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