The Washington Commanders introduced Saturday that they’ve activated All-Professional broad receiver Terry McLaurin off the bodily unable to carry out listing.

The transfer is unrelated to McLaurin’s contract negotiations, in response to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

And, so, though McLaurin is making progress in his return from an ankle damage that bothered him late final season, his contract state of affairs remains to be up within the air.

The Commanders star wideout is within the third yr of a three-year, $68.4 million contract with a mean annual wage (AAV) of $22.8 million. He skipped spring practices and obligatory minicamp after which held out the primary week of coaching camp earlier than reporting as a hold-in.

The seventh-year receiver was fined $200,000 for his four-day holdout.

McLaurin, who turns 30 in September, is searching for a brand new deal that displays a surging broad receiver market and his WR1 worth in a Commanders offense led by now-second-year quarterback Jayden Daniels. Extra particularly, McLaurin is focusing on the $33 million AAV the Pittsburgh Steelers at the moment are paying DK Metcalf, ESPN’s John Keim reported Saturday.

It’s vital to notice, although, that Metcalf is 27. And as Yahoo Sports activities’ Charles Robinson identified, solely two broad receivers in league historical past have signed contracts the yr they have been 30 or turning 30 that earned them greater than $23 million yearly: Tyreek Hill in 2024 with the Miami Dolphins ($30 million AAV) and Davante Adams ($28 million) with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022.

McLaurin has been vocal this offseason about his need to proceed his profession in Washington. He did, nonetheless, request a commerce on July 31 as contract frustrations boiled over.

McLaurin, now a two-time Professional Bowler, ranked second within the NFL final season with a career-best 13 landing catches. He additionally led the league with 24 contested catches in the course of the common season, in response to Professional Soccer Focus.

Whereas spilling over 1,000 receiving yards for the fifth yr in a row, McLaurin made 82 grabs, at the very least 37 greater than each different Washington wideout throughout Daniels’ NFL Offensive Rookie of the 12 months marketing campaign in 2024.

Now that McLaurin’s activated off the Commanders’ PUP listing, he’s eligible to apply. That stated, his return will probably start with work off to the aspect with athletic trainers.