in 2011, chris long decided to change his jersey number from 72 to his former collegiate number 91, which was previously worn by leonard little. on september 17, 2011, the rams and long agreed to a restructuring of his contract to free money under the salary cap. the restructured deal included a $12.1 million signing bonus and a base salary in excess of $10 million in 2012. including the prorated signing bonus amount, long had an $18.3 million cap number for the 2012 season.