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Tim McManus, ESPN Employees Author
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles and A.J. Brown have agreed on a three-year, $96 million extension that features $84 million assured, the star large receiver’s agent advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The $84 million is probably the most assured cash in NFL historical past for a large receiver, surpassing the $77 million assured that Amon-Ra St. Brown lately obtained from the Detroit Lions. The $32 million common annual worth of the three-year extension is also the best for any receiver within the NFL.
The Eagles introduced the deal Thursday night time however didn’t disclose monetary phrases.
Philadelphia now has its two star receivers underneath contract for the foreseeable future. Earlier this month, the Eagles signed DeVonta Smith to a three-year extension value $75 million with $51 million assured. Smith’s deal runs by 2028 and Brown’s by 2029.
Brown’s deal comes practically two years after the Eagles acquired the three-time Professional Bowler from the Tennessee Titans on draft night time after which signed him to a four-year, $100 million contract. Brown has surpassed 1,400 yards receiving in every of his two seasons in Philadelphia whereas racking up 18 complete touchdowns.
Brown was named second-team All-Professional and made his third Professional Bowl final season after catching a career-high 106 passes for 1,456 yards and 7 touchdowns. He set an NFL report by recording 125-plus receiving yards in six consecutive video games in 2023.
Brown and Smith turned the primary receiver tandem in Eagles historical past to every attain 1,000 yards receiving in 2022, and so they repeated the feat final season. Teamed with quarterback Jalen Hurts, they’ve helped gasoline an offense that ranks fifth in factors per recreation (26.8) over the previous two seasons.