The Texans are signing top wide receiver Nico Collins to a three-year, $75 million maximum value deal with a base value of $72.75 million that includes $52 million guaranteed, Aaron Wilson of KPRC reports.  This according to a league source.

The deal included a $17 million signing bonus, per a source.

The deal was negotiated by agents Drew Rosenhaus, Ryan Matha and Jason Rosenhaus.

Collins’ deal averages $24.25 million and makes him the seventh-highest paid wide receiver in the NFL, according to average compensation per year, behind the Philadelphia Eagles’ A.J. Brown ($32 million), the Detroit Lions’ Amon Ra-St. Brown ($30.002 million), the Miami Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill ($30 million), the Las Vegas Raiders’ Davante Adams ($28 million), the Los Angeles Rams’ Cooper Kupp ($26.7 million) and the Philadelphia Eagles’ DeVonta Smith ($25 million) and above the Seattle Seahawks’ D.K Metcalf ($24 million) ‚the San Francisco 49ers’ Deebo Samuel ($23.85 million) and the Indianapolis Colts’ Michael Pittman ($23.33 million).

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