CeeDee Lamb has agreed to a record-breaking four-year, $136 million contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys to become the second-highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
The 25-year-old will receive $100 million in guaranteed money and is now set to become a free agent in 2028. His deal includes a $38 million signing bonus, the largest ever given to a wide receiver.
Lamb’s contract trails only Justin Jefferson’s four-year, $140 million deal with the Vikings among the league’s wide receivers.
Lamb’s agent, Tony Dandy, negotiated the extension with the Cowboys, according to ESPN.
Lamb did not take the field for the Cowboys at their regular preseason training camp in Oxford, California, as he made clear his desire to figure out his future before playing football, worrying fans in the process. Under his rookie contract, he would have played out a $17.99 million fifth-year option this season.
Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb has become the second-highest-paid player at his position.
Lamb and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones were at odds for much of the offseason.
Lamb earned first-team All-Pro honors and set franchise records in 2023 with 135 receptions for 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns.
The Cowboys selected Lamb 17th overall in 2020. He has 395 receptions for 5,145 yards and 32 touchdowns in 66 games (61 starts).
Star pass rusher Micah Parsons and quarterback Dak Prescott are also seeking restructured contracts, and the team has said it intends to get those deals done.
Prescott is expected to receive a payday, either from Dallas or another team willing to pay more than $50 million per year if the Cowboys let his contract expire after this season.
Coming off his biggest failure yet in a stunning wild-card home loss to Green Bay last season, Prescott faces questions about whether he’s the man to do what Tony Romo couldn’t in 10 years as a starter.
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This will be the ninth attempt for the 31-year-old who enters the final season of a club-record $160 million, four-year contract.
The Cowboys say they want to keep him. Prescott, who replaced an injured Romo in his first training camp and was a starter from the start, says he wants to stay.
However, the 2016 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year remains a quarterback who won’t be playing in 2024, as the Cowboys have gone 28 years since their last trip to the NFC Championship Game. Dallas won its fifth Super Bowl title following the 1995 season.
“I don’t think that’s pressure,” Prescott said from training camp in California this month. “I’m not necessarily worried about the conversation. I’m confident in accomplishing something. I’m confident in the front office here. I’m under contract right now, so all I need to do is do my best at my job.”