Days after talks of a long-term contract surfaced, DeVonta Smith and the Philadelphia Eagles have reached a new deal, the team announced Monday, agreeing to an extension through the 2028 season.
As part of the deal, the Eagles exercised Smith’s fifth-year option for the 2025 season, tying him to Philadelphia for the next five years in total. Smith’s three-year extension is worth $75 million, according to NFL Mediaor 25 million dollars per year.
That’s the same annual total as Smith’s AJ Brown when he joined Philly via trade in 2022. That makes the 2021 first-round pick the fourth-highest paid receiver in the game, alongside Brown. Smith’s extension also includes $51 million guaranteed, according to NFL Media.
While Brown is the biggest name in the Eagles’ pass-catching corps, Smith has been one of the game’s most consistent starters since arriving in 2021. The former No. 10 overall pick out of Alabama led the team with 64 catches for 916 yards and five touchdowns as a rookie, then approached 1,200 yards as a second-year veteran, helping the Eagles to the Super Bowl. He eclipsed 1,000 yards again in 2023, tying a career high with seven scores.
Smith is owed $6.4 million in 2024, the final year of his rookie contract. The fifth-year option, meanwhile, pays about $15.5 million in 2025, according to Over the Cap. He’s just the latest in a growing list of ascending Eagles players to warrant new deals this offseason, after starting offensive linemen Jordan Mailata and Landon Dickerson.
