The receiver, who came from the Raiders in a trade, was going to free agency at the end of the year
JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Los Jaguars They finalized a three-year contract extension worth $60 million with the receiver Meyers, that ties him to Jacksonville until the 2028 season, sources informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The agreement includes $40 million guaranteed, according to the same sources.
The Jaguars sent 2026 fourth- and sixth-round draft picks to Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for Meyers at the Nov. 4 transfer deadline. Meyers, who has 27 receptions for 355 yards and three touchdowns in six games with the Jaguars, was scheduled to become a free agent after this season.
The addition of Meyers has been a huge boost for the Jaguars’ offense and for the quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Since their arrival, the Jaguars They have a 5-1 record and average 31.8 points per game, the second best record in the NFLsecond only to Los Angeles Rams (34.0), and Lawrence has thrown 14 touchdown passes and only five interceptions (three of them in a single game).
Before the Meyers trade, the Jaguars were averaging 20.4 points per game (23rd in the NFL) and Lawrence had nine touchdown passes and six interceptions in eight games.
Los Jaguars They signed Meyers in part because of injuries —Travis Hunter was out for the rest of the season, Brian Thomas Jr. was dealing with shoulder and ankle injuries, and Dyami Brown had a shoulder injury at the time of the transfer—but also for his reliability. At the time of the exchange, the Jaguars they led the NFL in fumbles (19, including five by Thomas), but Meyers had only had 11 fumbles in his seven-year career.
The day after the exchange, the general manager of the JaguarsJames Gladstone, called the confidence in Meyers’ hands his superpower. Meyers, who turned 29 in early November, has only had one fumble this season and has never had more than two in any season.
Meyers He has 453 receptions for 5,299 yards and 23 touchdowns in his career, which began in 2019 as an undrafted free agent with the New England Patriots. During his four years with the Patriotscaught 235 passes for 2,758 yards and eight touchdowns, before signing a three-year, $33 million contract with the Raiders in 2023.
With the RaidersMeyers caught 191 passes for 2,186 yards and 12 touchdowns in 38 games.
