GREEN BAY — As a rookie fifth-round pick, Corey Linsley received a $195,000 signing bonus and played the 2014 season for a rookie minimum base salary of $420,000.
On Friday, the Green Bay Packers center earned an additional $339,585 in performance-based pay after starting all 18 of the Packers' games — and playing every one of the Packers' 1,216 offensive snaps — as a rookie.
Linsley's payout was the second-most received by any player league-wide. Buffalo offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson received $373,671. Four other players received $300,000 or more.
Linsley, who didn't take a single snap with the No. 1 offense until the presumptive starter at center, JC Tretter, suffered a knee injury in the third preseason game, was a godsend to the Packers' offense. By season's end, quarterback Aaron Rodgers was lobbying for him to be named to the Pro Bowl. ...
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