The Dallas Cowboys and star large receiver CeeDee Lamb have agreed to a multi-year deal, the crew introduced Monday. It’s a four-year, $136 million contract, based on ESPN and NFL Community.
The deal makes Lamb, a three-time Professional Bowler, the second highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL historical past. The settlement contains $100 million in assured cash.
Lamb held out for all of coaching camp in addition to the Cowboys’ three preseason video games in hopes of securing a brand new contract. He was coming into the fifth-year possibility of the rookie deal he signed in 2017. Lamb was the seventeenth decide within the first spherical of that 12 months’s draft. He’s now below contract by way of 2028.
The settlement ends what at instances appeared to be a contentious negotiation between the 2 sides. Dallas proprietor and president Jerry Jones mentioned earlier in August he felt “no urgency” to get a deal executed with Lamb, prompting the receiver to reply on X with an “lol.”
Lamb has been extremely productive for the Cowboys, showing in each single recreation during the last 4 years. In 2023, he posted profession bests with 135 receptions for 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns — the previous two additionally being crew information. Within the Dallas’s lone postseason recreation final season, he caught 9 passes for 110 yards.
In his profession, Lamb has 395 receptions for five,145 yards and 32 touchdowns.
The Cowboys will now seemingly flip their consideration towards engaged on a brand new contract with quarterback Dak Prescott. Whereas Lamb is locked up, the particular person throwing him the ball just isn’t. Prescott is coming into the ultimate 12 months of his contract and is ineligible to be franchise tagged, which implies he may hit the open market as a free agent if the 2 sides don’t conform to a deal.
Dallas opens its common season on Sept. 8 towards the Cleveland Browns.