$84.75 million Deal: Jaylen Waddle gets a contract extension from Miami Dolphins

$84.75 million Deal: Jaylen Waddle gets a contract extension from Miami Dolphins

According to reports from NFL Network and ESPN on Thursday, wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and the Miami Dolphins have reached an agreement on a contract extension that includes $76 million in guaranteed money.

Waddle, a wide receiver, will be the 14th wide receiver to sign a contract extension this offseason. His three-year, $84.75 million deal will be the third most lucrative in terms of average value and total value, behind A.J. Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles and Amon-Ra St. Brown of the Detroit Lions, who signed a four-year, $120.01 million extension.

Miami already had Waddle under contract for the following two seasons.

With the sixth pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Dolphins selected Waddle from Alabama. Like all first-round draft selections, Waddle agreed to a four-year contract with a team option for a fifth season, altogether for $27.086 million.

This summer, Miami exercised its option to sign Waddle for a $15.591 million contract through 2025.

Waddle, a 2020 Crimson Tide national champion team that went undefeated, shattered the NFL rookie receiving record with 104 receptions after joining the Dolphins. Waddle led the NFL in 2022 with an average of 18.1 yards per reception in his second season.

Despite missing three whole games and portions of others due to injury, Waddle had 72 receptions for 1,014 yards and four touchdowns in 2023, marking his third consecutive 1,000-yard receiving season.

With 251 receptions for 3,385 yards and 18 touchdowns, Waddle is among eight players in NFL history to reach those numbers in those three stats in his first three seasons.

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