The offer has $76 million assured and helps to keep Waddle underneath agreement during the 2028 season.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Extensive receiver Jaylen Waddle has yes to a three-year, $84.75 million agreement extension with the Miami Dolphins, an individual ordinary with the offer instructed The Related Press.
The offer contains $76 million assured and helps to keep Waddle underneath agreement during the 2028 season. The individual spoke on status of anonymity for the reason that agreement main points have no longer been introduced.
Waddle will now turn into one of the crucial highest-paid receivers within the NFL next 3 fruitful seasons to start out his professional profession.
ESPN first reported the offer.
Waddle, drafted 6th general out of Alabama in 2021, had his 3rd directly 1,000-yard receiving season in 2023. He poised a rookie file with 104 catches in 2021, along side 1,015 yards and 6 touchdowns. He adopted that with a career-best 1,356 yards in 2022, averaging a league-high 18.1 yards in keeping with catch.
At the same time as Miami’s Refuse. 2 receiver the while two years at the back of Tyreek Hill — extreme season’s NFL receiving yards chief — Waddle’s 3,385 profession receiving yards rank thirteenth within the NFL since 2021.
Locking in Waddle longer term were a concern for the Dolphins all offseason. Normal supervisor Chris Grier has repeated that the workforce desires to book Waddle in Miami and stated in April that the Dolphins meant to pick out up the fifth-year possibility on his rookie offer.
Waddle’s extension comes as Tua Tagovailoa waits on a brandnew offer that would push the wage of Miami’s origination quarterback to someplace round $50 million once a year. Tagovailoa is coming into the general yr of his rookie offer and can play games underneath a $23.1 million fifth-year possibility if the 2 facets can’t achieve an promise on an extension.
Each Tagovailoa and Waddle had been a part of a Dolphins workforce that led the NFL in general offense (401.3 yards in keeping with sport) and passing offense (265.5) and completed 2d in yards in keeping with play games (6.5) and crimson zone offense.
