Getty Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Quinyon Mitchell. The market for NFL cornerbacks shot up considerably from 2024 to 2025. It shot up so much that it’s made it kind of hard to predict what the future might hold in terms of average annual salary — other than that dudes who can cover a WR1 will continue becoming very, very rich. Take into account that before the 2024 season, Denver Broncos cornerback and reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Patrick Surtain II signed the biggest deal for a