pay $10M over the final 2 years.
Thus, average salary (over 6 years) is $3.5 mil/year.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-lovie-smith-illinois-contract-20160908-story.html
The sites reporting $5M/year are basing it only on the final 2 years, which is inaccurate and/or misleading.