Quarterback Jalen Hurts has agreed to a five-year, $255 million contract extension with the Philadelphia Eagles, including $179.3 million guaranteed, one of the biggest contracts in NFL history, according to NFL Network. Hurts, 24, will now have the highest average annual value ($51 million) of any player in the NFL, and he has can thank his agent: Nicole Lynn.
Lynn, 34, is one of the up-and-coming agents in the NFL, and is president of football operations for Klutch Sports Group, the agency founded by LeBron James confidant Rich Paul. A former Wall Street financial analyst with multiple FINRA certifications, Lynn worked at sports management company PlayersRep until 2021 before she moved to Klutch. She also owes her business relationship with Hurts to an Instagram direct message. “Hey, have you picked an agent? If not, I’d love to link,” Lynn’s cold DM to Hurts read in January 2020. Lynn later described the DM to Sports Illustrated as “a total Hail Mary“ Hurts, who like Lynn attended the University of Oklahoma, agreed to met with her and was impressed. “History everywhere. I feel like regardless of the perception of what it may seem to [be] with an African-American woman agent, I really saw something in her and I feel like she’s a grinder — she’s going to go get it,” Hurts told Boardroom in February about Lynn. “Kinda like myself, no one expects you to do much. I feel like we saw eye-to-eye in terms of hunger and determination to succeed, and she’s making history.” As of 2022, of the more than 900 NFLPA-certified agents, just 67 are women. Lynn has only been working as Klutch’s top NFL agent for less than two years, b …
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