Half of that was paid upon completion of boot camp and the remaining half was paid halfway through my contract. · tom brady received a $ 14 million lump sum payment last friday because of the interesting way his contract was structured. · tom brady s incredible 2017 gets a lot better on friday, as the reigning super bowl mvp is set to officially receive his $ 14 million deferred signing bonus as part of the contract. The total of the bonus is. · new england patriots quarterback tom brady was set to receive a $ 14 million deferred signing bonus on friday as part of the contract extension he signed in 2016. · the contract, yates reports, called for brady to receive a $28 million deferred signing bonus that would be paid out in a pair of installments. · according to field yates of espn, brady received a $ 14 million deferred bonus resulting from a contact extension he signed with the patriots last offseason. · a good offseason for tom brady gets even better on friday when the patriots qb receives a signing bonus payment to the tune of $ 14 million. When i joined the army back in 2005, i received a 20k signing bonus.