CINCINNATI — “Money Mac” is getting paid.
Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson has agreed to a three-year, $16.5 million contract extension, eliminating any chance of him becoming a free agent next March.
The 25-year-old McPherson, who is from Fort Payne, Alabama, earned the nickname “Money Mac” because of his penchant for making clutch kicks. He will earn $10 million in new money in 2025, according to his agents at New York-based Sportstars Inc. That’s nearly 10 times his base salary of $1,055,000 for 2024.
After three seasons at the University of Florida, McPherson was selected by Cincinnati in the fifth round of the 2021 NFL draft. He has made 78 of his 93 field-goal attempts in three seasons with the Bengals, hitting 21 of those from beyond 50 yards, and he is 126-of-132 on extra-point attempts.
His success as a rookie helped the 2021 Bengals make a run to Super Bowl LVI, and he kicked a pair of field goals in the 23-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. It was the third Super Bowl appearance in Cincinnati history, with the Bengals having lost to the San Francisco 49ers to cap the 1981 and 1988 seasons.