FAYETTEVILLE — New Arkansas football coach Ryan Silverfield will be paid $6.5 million in his first year on the job.

The 45-year-old Silverfield will receive $100,000 pay raises each year of the agreement that runs through the 2030 season. He is in line to be paid $6.9 million in the final year of the agreement.

Silverfield’s 5-page term sheet with the Razorbacks was released Monday through a Freedom of Information Act request. The agreement was signed by Silverfield and Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yurachek shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, the night before Silverfield was announced as the program’s head coach.

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The agreement includes a minimum salary pool the Razorbacks will offer to Silverfield’s full-tim

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