Giants’ James Bradberry vows to send mother into retirement with new contract

New York Giants’ recently-signed free agent cornerback James Bradberry has some of his $45 million contract money earmarked for someone special.

Bradberry, who inked a three-year, $45 million deal with Big Blue earlier this month says he’s going to pay back his mother by “retiring her.”

“I’mma surprise her with that,” the new Giant corner told TMZ Sports. “It’s not an actual thing I’d be giving her, but I’ll be telling her, ‘Hey, you ain’t got to go to work anymore if you don’t want to.'”

Bradberry says his mother deserves all of it for the way she raised him and his sister as a single mom in Birmingham, Alabama.

Bradberry played his college ball at Samford, which is right outside of Birmingham. He then was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft. His contract with the Panthers expired on March 18.

“She sacrificed a lot for me and my sister while growing up,” Bradberry said of his mother. “And just to be able to repay her without having her go to work anymore that’d be good for me because she can now do whatever she wants. Enjoy life.”Bradberry’s deal, like every other free agent deal in the NFL right now, is not official until he takes a physical. That won’t happen until the league — and the nation — gets back to normal business after the coronavirus outbreak has subsided.