Baltimore Ravens punter Sam Koch has decided to play for another five years with his team.

Koch, who is sporting the number "4" Ravens' jersey, accepted the $16.25 million, five-year extension with $7.3 million guaranteed, according to The Baltimore Sun. Included in the contract is a $4 million signing bonus leading to a reported deal's total worth of $18.75 million.

The punter, who will then be part of the Baltimore team until the end of the 2020 season, is elated about the team's offer.

"I'm extremely excited that I will continue to be a Raven for the next several years. It has always been my idea that I'll be a Raven for life, because this is a first-class organization. There is no better place to be, and you can't ask for a better owner than Steve Bisciotti," Koch said in a statement published on the team's official website.

With this $18.75 million salary spread over six years, Koch is to pocket an average annual salary of $3.25 million. He is now one of the league's highest-paid athletes playing for his position, according to NFL.com.

Koch has actually performed well on the field to deserve this merit for his precise "directional punting" that enables him to drop "coffin corners" just near the end zone, commented Chris Wesseling of NFL.com. A corner coffin kick is a good strategy to "pin the opposing deep in their own territory while also limiting the possibility of a return by the opposing special teams unit," explained Sporting Charts.

Raised in Nebraska, Koch has accomplished great things throughout his career with the team. He tallied impressive punting stats in nine years like 708 punting attempts and 31,870 yards, which make him the team's leading punter, as stated on the Baltimore Ravens' site.

With such a stellar and consistent performance, Koch can easily go out to another team and may even get a higher offer than what he got recently. However, Koch thought of his family before making a decision.

"Living here is kind of like being out in Nebraska with the cornfields, and it resembles home [in Nebraska] so much. To be able to stay out here means a lot to my family and my wife and kids. They give me great support, and they love this community," Koch said, in his interview with the Baltimore Sun.

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