The Eagles will avoid letting defensive tackle Jordan Davis play out his fifth-year option and hit free agency next offseason. Per NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Davis and the Eagles are finalizing a three-year, $78MM extension to keep the 26-year-old interior defender in Philadelphia. He becomes the highest-paid nose tackle in NFL history.
Davis’ $26MM AAV is tied with former teammate Milton Williams for the second-highest annual pay of any interior defensive lineman, per OverTheCap. The deal includes $65MM in guaranteed money, which would be the most fully guaranteed money at his position in league history. Including his fifth-year option, Davis will be under contract through the 2029 season for a total of $91MM, or $22.75MM per year. That is still a sizable amount for a player with just eight career sacks and no Pro Bowl or All-Pro recognition, but Davis still has plenty of untapped potential.
The Eagles leapfrogged the Ravens during the 2022 draft to select Davis with the No. 13 pick after four strong seasons at Georgia and one of the most impressive performances in the history of the Combine. The hulking 6-foot-6, 336-pounder got off to a slow start in the pros, logging just 3.5 sacks and six tackles for loss in his first three seasons. An ankle sprain and a carefully-managed snap count in Davis’ rookie season raised some concerns about his durability and fitness, but he played in every game in 2023 and 2024 with more than 900 total snaps.
In 2025, Davis took his game to another level. His 72 tackles, 4.5 sacks, nine tackles for loss, six passes defended, 686 defensive snaps, and 61% snap share were all career-highs. Those are not necessarily eye-popping numbers, but his size and strength consistently demanded double-teams in the trenches, creating better opportunities for his teammates.
Davis’ extension will raise questions about the Eagles’ plans with Jalen Carter, also a former Georgia first-round pick. He was the more productive player in 2023 and 2024, but he missed five games due to injury (and one due to an ejection) in 2025. Philadelphia will have to make a decision on his fifth-year option – worth $27.13MM (via OverTheCap) – by May 1. Carter will also be eligible for a long-term extension and will likely be shooting for the biggest defensive tackle contract of all-time. The market is currently capped by the $31.75MM per-year deal of Chris Jones, though Carter has yet to reach his level of production. Still, he should push close to $30MM per year, if not more, a pricey figure for a team that already has a lot of money committed to the future.
Still, Eagles general manager Howie Roseman is known as a salary cap wizard and could certainly find a way to keep Carter even after Davis’ extension. If he cannot, he will at least have Davis anchoring the middle of his defense for at least the next four seasons.
Good move by Howie. He really improved this year. He was in much better shape so played a lot more and was great as a run stopper and pass rusher.
Solid deal. Took a huge leap in snaps played without missing a game. Won’t turn 27 until January. The average per year is the same as Milton Williams got a year ago. Reasonable for all parties.
Good Lord in heaven. What is Carter going to get?!?!?
Experts predict a 3-4 year extension valued between $115–$144 million, with annual salaries potentially surpassing Chris Jones’s $31.75 million
I hope it’s 4-5 years minimum, as great as he is.
Love it all around!!
Thrilled with this news. He really showed this last season what he can do and if he can keep himself in shape like he did this past year, sky is the limit for him.
Jalen Carter next please, Howie.
They can wait a year on Carter.
the cap will hit $400MM by 2030 easily. the US dollar is a deceased currency
Fun player, very talented. As we all know, you pay for future production, not past production, so this makes a ton of sense to me. Fair value for all parties.
Glad we re-signed him and did so for a short contract just in case it doesn’t work out.
He was amazing last year, and I was worried we were gonna let him walk after this season.
Carter is gonna set a new record though whenever he gets his extension.