Apr 15, 2024, 4:25 p.m. ET
Smith becomes the fifth receiver in the NFL with a deal averaging at least $25 million per season
PHILADELPHIA — Los Philadelphia Eagles y DeVonta Smith They have agreed to a contract extension that ties the wide receiver to the team through the 2028 season.
Terms were not disclosed, but a source told Adam Schefter of ESPN that the pact is for 75 million dollars, with 51 million guaranteed.
The team also made valid the option for the fifth year of the contract. Smithwhich will result in a salary of around $16 million for the 2025 campaign.
In a very short time, DeVonta Smith has become one of the most productive receivers in Eagles history. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images
Smith becomes the fifth receiver in the NFL with a deal averaging at least $25 million per season, joining Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins (30 million), Davante Adams of Las Vegas Raiders (28 million), Cooper Coup of Los Angeles Rams (26.7 million), and the partner of Smith, A.J. Brown (25 million).
Smith y Brown They became the first duo in the history of the Eagles to reach 1,000 receiving yards in the same season, in 2022, and they equaled the feat last season. Along with the quarterback Jalen Hurtshave helped fuel an offense that ranks fifth in the league in points per game (26.8) over the past two years, and have developed a strong connection over that time.
Smith25 years old, has 240 receptions for 3,178 yards and 19 touchdowns over three seasons with the Eagles. The former trophy winner Heisman Set the team’s rookie record for receiving yards (916) in 2021, surpassing the previous record held by DeSean Jacksonand set a new single-season catches mark (95) in 2022. He eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards for the second consecutive year in 2023.
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Known as an explosive player since his days in Alabama, Smith has saved some of his best work for the postseason. He had eight catches for 148 yards during last January’s loss at Wild Card Round before the Tampa Bay Buccaneersand became the third player of the Eagles with at least 100 receiving yards in a Super Bowl with his seven-catch, 100-yard performance against the Kansas City Chiefs in it Super Bowl LVII.
Los Eagles They had until May 2 to exercise the option for the fifth year of the contract. Smith. They had plenty of time to pay off the contract extension, but this is a team with a history of tying up core players as quickly as possible, in part, because they know the price only goes up. With a number of top-line wide receivers eligible to agree to new deals, including Justin Jefferson of the Minnesota Vikings y Ja’Marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengalsthere is a good chance that the market will skyrocket soon.
Philadelphia He has stayed busy this offseason paying offensive players. The guard Landon Dickerson signed a record four-year, $84 million contract extension in March, and the tackle Jordan Mailata He accepted one for three years and $66 million earlier this month.
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