Philadelphia Eagles reach 3-year, $75 million contract extension, including $51 million in assured, with their receiver DeVonta Smith, ESPN reported Monday. . The team also exercised the fifth-year option on his current contract, which will pay him $16 million for the 2025 season.
Only four received less than 25 million dollars per year before Smith: Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins ($30 million), Davante Adams of the Las Vegas Raiders ($28 million), Cooper Kupp of the Los Angeles Rams ($26.7 million) and Smith’s teammate A.J. Brown ($25 million) The skills of quarterback Jalen Hurts have helped the team continue to stay afloat. top five in points per game over the past two campaigns.
The Eagles had until May 2 to sign Smith to a contract extension, but they acted much sooner than that . for good reasons. The University of Alabama Heisman Trophy winner set the team’s rookie season receiving yard record of 916 in 2021. A year later, he set a new team record for catches by a receiver in a season at 95, a record surpassed by Brown in 2023. Smith also proved himself capable of performing well on the big stage. The Eagles lost to the Kansas City Chiefs 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII in February 2023, but Smith achieved 100 yards with seven catches. Only two Eagles have done it before in franchise history. In the Eagles’ 32-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football Conference Wild Card Game in January, he passed for 148 yards with eight receptions.
The Eagles moved quickly to keep their main attacking players in this losing match. end of season. They signed defenseman Landon Dickerson to a four-year, $84 million extension in March and signed Jordan Mailata to a three-year, $66 million contract in April.