PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles and left sort out Jordan Mailata reached an settlement on a three-year, $66 million extension Thursday that features $48 million assured and a $20 million signing bonus, sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Eagles introduced Mailata’s three-year extension however didn’t disclose monetary phrases.
The deal ties Mailata to Philadelphia via the 2028 season. The $22 million per-year common places him behind solely Laremy Tunsil, Trent Williams and Andrew Thomas among the many NFL’s highest-paid offensive tackles.
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Mailata, 27, is an Australian former rugby participant who knew nearly nothing about soccer when he got here to the US in January 2018 to coach at IMG Academy in Florida. A little bit over three months later, the Eagles took a shot on 6-foot-8, 365-pound Mailata, buying and selling as much as draft him within the seventh spherical.
An unlikely success story unfolded from there. Mailata cracked the beginning lineup in 2020 and has saved his grip on the beginning left sort out spot ever since. A key member of one of many high offensive traces in soccer, he performed in all 17 video games final season and completed second in run block win price (80%) behind teammate Lane Johnson.
That is the third contract Mailata has signed with the Eagles. They agreed to a three-year, $64 million extension again in 2021.
The Eagles are returning 4 starters from final season: Mailata, Johnson, Cam Jurgens and Landon Dickerson, who not too long ago turned the highest-paid guard in NFL historical past with a four-year extension price as much as $87 million. With All-Professional middle Jason Kelce retiring, Jurgens is predicted to maneuver from proper guard to middle, leaving a gap at proper guard.
Philadelphia completed first in run block win price (77%) in 2023 and seventh in go block win price (63%).
