Highest-paid players at every NFL position: Devon Witherspoon resets cornerback market with $132-million deal
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- Devon Witherspoon signed a 4-year, $132 million extension with the Seattle Seahawks that includes $101 million guaranteed, resetting the cornerback market after the team's Super Bowl title and his third straight Pro Bowl nod.
- Patrick Mahomes agreed to a revised Chiefs deal adding two years and making him the first NFL player to cross $500 million total ($504.75M), surpassing Dak Prescott's $60M AAV at a new $63M AAV.
- Will Anderson Jr. became the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history with a 3-year, $150 million Texans extension ($50M AAV), after finishing second in 2025 Defensive Player of the Year voting.
- Jahmyr Gibbs replaced Bijan Robinson as the highest-paid running back, inking a 3-year, $67.5 million Lions deal that can reach $75.75M with $51.5M guaranteed.
- Darnell Wright signed a 4-year, $116 million Bears extension ($29M AAV) with $93M guaranteed — the most ever for an offensive lineman — after the team already picked up his 2027 fifth-year option.
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba landed a 4-year, $168.8 million Seahawks deal ($42.15M AAV) following a Super Bowl championship and his NFL Offensive Player of the Year award, when he led the league with 1,793 receiving yards.
- Brandon Aubrey signed the largest kicker contract in NFL history — 4 years, $28 million with the Cowboys ($7M AAV) — after three straight Pro Bowl seasons and an NFL-record six career 60+ yard field goals.
Why it matters: With the NFL salary cap exceeding $300 million per team for 2026 — more than double its level roughly a decade ago — every roster spot now plays in a fundamentally re-priced league. Marquee deals like Mahomes' $504.75M total and Anderson Jr.'s $150M make headlines, but the cap pressure has pushed record contracts down to specialists, with Aubrey's $28M kicker deal and Stout's $12.3M punter pact signaling that even non-marquee positions have been repriced.
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