2022 NFL Draft: Contract details released for Aidan Hutchinson, Detroit Lions

As the No. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, former Michigan star Aidan Hutchinson will be able to sign a four-year, $35.7 million contract with the Detroit Lions, including a $23.1 million signing bonus. The contract comes fully guaranteed with a 5th year option available, according to Spotrac.

Compare Hutchinson’s contract details to No. 1 overall pick Travon Walker‘s, which is a four-year, $37.4 million fully guaranteed deal with a $24.6 million signing bonus.

The Detroit Lions ensured Hutchinson, a Michigan native, will stay close to home a will live comfortably doing so. Hutchinson, who played in 43 career games at Michigan, was a consensus All-American in 2021 and a two-time All-Big Ten honoree. He was also twice named a captain of the team and has a laundry list of other awards he racked up following this past season. Hutchinson is the program record-holder for sacks in a single season, notching 14 for the Wolverines in 2021, which was enough to earn the No. 2 pick in the draft and a boatload of cash to boot.

Hutchinson spoke to NFL Network’s Melissa Stark shortly after his selection, expressing his gratitude toward the Lions as well as his excitement to get started.

“It’s great,” he said. “I’m happy I get to go back to Detroit. Go back to Motor City and hopefully get back to winning some ball games. I’m fired up. They just made a great decision.”

Heading into the 2022 NFL Draft, the virtual consensus was that former Michigan star Aidan Hutchinson was a top-five pick. Out of high school, Hutchinson showed flashes of what was to come, rated as a four-star recruit and the top prospect in the state of Michigan from the Class of 2018, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.