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Russell Wilson will be staying in Seattle. The Seahawks and their star quarterback have agreed to terms on a contract extension, Wilson tweeted early Tuesday morning.

Wilson posted a video on his Twitter account with wife Ciara, saying "Hey Seattle, we got a deal."

According to multiple reports, the new deal is for four years and $140 million, with $107 million guaranteed (with a $65 million signing bonus) and includes a no-trade clause. At $35 million per year, the extension would make Wilson the highest-paid player in the NFL, surpassing Aaron Rodgers' deal with the Green Bay Packers.

In addition to topping Rodgers' contract as the richest ever, Wilson's signing bonus also sets a record. Rodgers was first in both categories at $33.5 million and $57.5 million, respectively, on the extension he signed last summer.

The deal was finished after four days of negotiations between the Seahawks and Wilson's agent, Mark Rodgers, who arrived at the team's headquarters Friday.

It keeps Wilson, a five-time Pro Bowler and the quarterback of the only Super Bowl-winning team in Seahawks history, under contract through his age-35 season. And it avoids the messy route of Wilson going year-to-year on the franchise tag, which would have paved the way for an eventual divorce.

"At the end of the day, my guy wants to live, work, thrive in Seattle," Rodgers said. "Loves this town and its fans. He compromised to stay here. I respect that."

With the four new years added to his contract, Wilson, 30, is now contractually tied to the Seahawks through the 2023 season.

Despite the uncertainty over his contract negotiations, Wilson was present for the start of the team's voluntary offseason program on Monday as his agent and the Seahawks continued to meet.

Under Wilson, the Seahawks are 75-36-1 in the regular season, reaching the playoffs in six of his seven seasons and winning the Super Bowl in 2014. The five-time Pro Bowler has averaged 28 touchdown passes a season, with a career 100.3 passer rating.

Wilson is coming off arguably the best season of his seven-year career.

He edged his previous career bests with 35 touchdown passes and a 110.9 passer rating while tying his career low of seven interceptions. Wilson did that on 427 attempts, his fewest since 2013, as the Seahawks operated one of the league's most run-heavy offenses. Only Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes finished with a better rating than Wilson's 110.9, which also established a new career-high.

Of course, Wilson had some unusual help last season.

As ESPN's Mike Clay put it, Wilson's teammate Tyler Lockett "broke math" by posting a ridiculous 57-965-10 line on 68 targets last season.

His 14.2 yards per target is second highest among 1,572 players who have recorded 50-plus targets in a single regular season since 2007 (Devery Henderson in 2008 is first at 14.4).

Assuming Lockett's production is unsustainable, others will have to pick up the pace this year. With Doug Baldwin recovering from groin surgery that might keep him out of some training camp work (he also missed all of last summer's training camp), Wilson and the Seahawks will need players like David Moore, Jaron Brown, Keenan Reynolds and Amara Darboh to speed their development.