Bengals sign star OT Brown for 4 years, $64M

Four-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. is signing a four-year, $64 million contract with the Cincinnati Bengals that includes a signing bonus of over $31 million, the highest ever for an offensive lineman, his agent, Michael Portner, confirmed to ESPN.

Brown and the Kansas City Chiefs couldn't agree on a long-term contract last season, so he played the season as their franchise player, earning about $16.6 million.

Brown, who turns 27 in May, was acquired by the Chiefs in a 2021 trade with the Baltimore Ravens. He was the starting left tackle for every game except one in his two seasons with the Chiefs. He was a Pro Bowl selection in both seasons, using his massive 6-foot-8, 340-pound frame to post a pass block win rate of 91.8% when blocking for Patrick Mahomes, which ranked 18th among all offensive tackles.

He played three seasons for the Ravens, where he was mostly a right tackle. He asked to be traded from Baltimore so he could play left tackle in part because he wanted to fulfill a promise made to his late father Orlando, a former NFL offensive tackle.

He has appeared in 81 games (75 starts) in his five NFL seasons and has been selected to the Pro Bowl each of the past four seasons.

ESPN's Adam Teicher contributed to this report.