Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson gets 4-year, $52M extension
The deal includes $30 million guaranteed for Ferguson, who was due to earn $3.4 million in the final year of his rookie contract in 2025.
Ferguson, 26, caught 59 passes for 494 yards with no touchdowns in 14 games (all starts) for the Cowboys last season.
"Excited for Jake and everything he's done," Cowboys new head coach Brian Schottenheimer said. "Last year, obviously he didn't feel like he had the best year, but it shows you that we're always evaluating everything.
"Things he's done from a play temperament. the enforcer that he is. He loves football and he got that throw-back mentality."
The 2022 fourth-round draft pick made the Pro Bowl in 2023 and has 149 receptions for 1,429 yards and seven TDs in 47 career games (38 starts).
According to the Cowboys, Ferguson becomes the seventh-highest paid tight end in the NFL and the extension also frees up $1.8 million toward the team's 2025 salary cap.
Although Dallas has locked up a key piece of its offense, All-Pro pass-rusher Micah Parsons still is waiting for his payday as the team prepares for its Sept. 4 season opener at defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia.
The announcement about Ferguson's deal on the team's website said Cowboys co-owner and COO Stephen Jones considers the training camp site in Oxnard, Calif., a "friendly ground for getting contracts done, so Dallas may not be done just yet."
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