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The Green Bay Packers are exercising their fifth-year option on defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt, their 2022 first-round pick, Fox Sports reported Wednesday. Wyatt, 27, will earn a fully guaranteed $13.922 million in 2026 barring a long-term deal with the team before then. Wyatt has 12 sacks, 23 quarterback hits and 74 tackles in 47 career games (five starts) since being selected No. 28 overall in 2022. Wyatt will play the 2025 season on a base salary of $2.458 million with a cap hit of $4.092 million. --Field Level Media

Jeff Sperbeck, a longtime friend and business partner of Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, died Wednesday morning from injuries he sustained in a golf cart accident over the weekend. He was 62. The Riverside County (Calif.) coroner confirmed Sperbeck's death in a news release from the sheriff's office. Sperbeck had been on life support after the incident Saturday in La Quinta, Calif. Elway was driving the golf cart when Sperbeck, his former agent, fell out and sustained a life-threatening head injury, TMZ reported Wednesday. TMZ reported there's no indication that Elway was driving negligently when Sperbeck fell off and struck his head on asphalt. TMZ reported Sperbeck was riding on the back of the golf cart while ESPN reported he was in the passenger seat. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection told KESQ it responded to an accident involving a golf cart and transported an unnamed patient to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said it is investigating the incident. Elway made the 9-1-1 call, according to TMZ. Elway, Sperbeck, their wives and Elway's son were returning from a party after attending the Stagecoach music festival earlier Saturday in nearby Indio, Calif., according to TMZ. Elway, 64, and Sperbeck founded 7Cellars winery together in 2013. Sperbeck, certified by the NFL, represented more than 100 NFL players as an agent and business adviser over a 30-year career, according to his bio on the winery's website. Elway played for the Broncos from 1983-98, winning Super Bowl championships in each of his final two seasons. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004. He returned to the team as an executive in 2011, working as the general manager through 2020 and as president of football operations in 2021. --Field Level Media

New York Jets quarterback Jordan Travis, a fifth-round draft pick in 2024, informed the team Wednesday that he is retiring. Travis, 24, cited ongoing complications from a left leg injury sustained during his final game at Florida State. "On November 18, 2023, my life took an unexpected turn," Travis said in a statement. "I gave everything I had to the rehab process but despite all my efforts, my leg never responded the way we hoped. After much prayer and consultation with the doctors, medical experts and my agent, I've been medically advised to retire from the game I love so deeply." The Jets said Travis will be placed on the reserve/retired list. "Jordan has informed us of his intent to retire due to the injury he sustained while at Florida State," Jets general manager Darren Mougey said in a statement. "It is unfortunate that he was unable to get back on the field after working so hard. We support his decision and wish him only the best." Travis was 11-0 as the Seminoles' starter in 2023, finishing fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting after throwing for 2,756 yards with 20 touchdowns and just two interceptions. He was injured by a controversial hip-drop tackle during Florida State's 58-13 win against North Alabama. The 2023 ACC Player of the Year completed 62.0 percent of his passes for 8,715 yards with 66 TDs and 20 picks in 49 games at Louisville (2018) and Florida State (2019-23). --Field Level Media

A prank call to Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders during the 2025 NFL Draft cost the Atlanta Falcons $250,000 and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich was fined $100,000 by the league for his 21-year-old son's "tremendous mistake." The NFL fined the Falcons for allowing Sanders' private information -- his cell phone number -- to be leaked, and Ulbrich for his failed oversight of a tablet his son used to swipe the information and make the prank call on Friday, when the second and third round were completed. Jax Ulbrich apologized in a statement for making the call to Sanders. He dialed Sanders while the son of former Falcons cornerback Deion Sanders waited anxiously for his name to be called, in the midst of an unexpected fall out of the top four rounds. Jax Ulbrich pretended to be Saints general manager Mickey Loomis and initially told Sanders he would be the Saints' next pick only to tell Sanders was going to have to keep waiting. "It's been a long wait, man," the voice of Jax Ulbrich was captured saying to Sanders in a video of the call. "We're going to take you with our next pick, man, but you're going to have to wait a little bit longer, man. Sorry about that." When the pick never came, Sanders remained undrafted into the fifth round and was selected by the Cleveland Browns with pick No. 144. He said in a media teleconference the prank call had no impact on him. "It was just like, I mean, OK, like I don't feed into negativity or I don't feed into that stuff," Sanders said. "You've seen on Deion Jr.'s YouTube video. My reaction to it, I don't -- it is what it is. I think of course it is childish. Of course, I feel like it was a childish act, but everybody does childish things here and there." Jax Ulbrich said he used his father's unlocked iPad to retrieve Sanders' information. In a statement, Jax Ulbrich said his actions were "completely inexcusable" and thanked Sanders for taking a second call from him to apologize. The NFL said it opened an immediate investigation and handed down the punishment on Wednesday, a sum nearly equal to the total of the signing bonus received by Austin Booker (Bears), the 144th pick in the 2024 draft. Booker's four-year contract included a $349,140 signing bonus. "We appreciate the NFL's swift and thorough review of last week's data exposure and the event that transpired due to it," the Falcons said Wednesday in a formal statement after the league handed down the fine. "We were proactive in addressing the situation internally and cooperated fully with the league throughout the process, and accept the discipline levied to Coach Jeff Ulbrich and the organization. We are confident in our security policies and practices and will continue to emphasize adherence to them with our staff whether on or off premises. Additionally, the Ulbrich family is working with the organization to participate in community service initiatives in relation to last week's matter." Jeff Ulbrich was interim head coach of the New York Jets at the end of last season and played linebacker in the NFL. He also apologized Wednesday afternoon, adding that he would not appeal the fine. "I would like to publicly apologize to Shedeur and the Sanders family for what occurred," Ulbrich said, also apologizing to the organization. "My actions, my actions, for not protecting confidential data were inexcusable. My son's actions were absolutely inexcusable. And for that, we are both deeply sorry. ... We take full responsibility, my son and myself." Ulbrich added that the Sanders' family was "amazingly gracious." He said he notified the Falcons of what happened and then reached out to personally apologize to Shedeur Sanders and his family. "The Sanders family, Shedeur and Coach Sanders were amazingly gracious. More gracious than they needed to be in a moment like this," he said. He was hired in January by Falcons head coach Raheem Morris to become defensive coordinator, replacing Jimmy Lake. Before the Colts used the No. 14 overall pick to draft Penn State's Tyler Warren, he said he was also victim of a prank call. According to reports, the league was informed of Browns first-round pick Mason Graham, Steelers quarterback Kyle McCord and other prospects receiving similar calls while waiting to be drafted. --Field Level Media

The Baltimore Ravens picked up the fifth-year option on All-Pro safety Kyle Hamilton while declining the same commitment to offensive lineman Tyler Linderbaum on Wednesday. General manager Eric DeCosta said he intends for the 2022 first-round picks to continue to wear a Ravens uniform for years to come. "We are exercising the fifth-year option for Kyle Hamilton with the goal of working toward a multi-year contract extension," DeCosta said in a team statement. "While we will not apply the fifth-year option to Tyler Linderbaum, it is our intention for him remain a Raven long term." Hamilton, 24, was the No. 14 overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft. He has appeared in 48 games (35 starts) in the regular season, with 250 tackles, seven sacks, five interceptions (one for a TD), four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. He was a first-team All-Pro in 2023 and is a two-time Pro Bowl selection. In 2026, he will earn $18.6 million. Linderbaum, 25, was take 11 picks after Hamilton in the same draft. A two-time Pro Bowl selection, he has played in 49 regular-season games (all starts) over three years. Had the Ravens picked up his option, he would have been paid $23.4 million in 2026. Instead, he will play out the final season of four-year, $13.23 million rookie deal as DeCosta hopes to negotiate an extension. A May 1 deadline (Thursday) is in place for teams to exercise the fifth-year option for 2022 first-round draft selections. --Field Level Media