No tight end has more receiving yards as a Ram than Tyler Higbee, and the 10-year contributor will have a chance to create more distance between himself and the field.
The Rams are re-signing Higbee, veteran insider Jordan Schultz reports. The sides agreed to a two-year, $8MM deal to keep Higbee off the free agent market (the $8MM represents a max value, per ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter). Sean McVay said Tuesday the Rams were interested in retaining Higbee. This will be the veteran’s fourth Rams contract.
As Los Angeles leaned into three-tight end packages extensively — after years as primarily a three-wideout offense — last season, Higbee played a key role along with Colby Parkinson and rookie Terrance Ferguson. Higbee missed seven games last season, which came after a near-season-long 2024 absence. But the Rams will sign up for another go-round with the former fourth-round pick — chosen a year before McVay’s L.A. arrival.
Suffering an ACL tear in the Rams’ wild-card loss to the Lions in 2023, Higbee missed 14 games in 2024. He then went down with an ankle injury last November. The Rams saved an IR activation for their long-tenured tight end, activating him for Week 18. Higbee played in all three Rams playoff games, totaling four receptions for 84 yards. In the 2025 regular season, Higbee caught 25 passes for 281 yards and three touchdowns from MVP Matthew Stafford.
Formerly pairing with second-round Rams draftee Gerald Everett, Higbee became the team’s preferred long-term tight end. The Rams extended Higbee in 2019, giving him a four-year deal worth $29MM. The parties huddled up for a third contract (two years, $17MM) in September 2023. Higbee’s fourth contract comes in well south of these agreements, but injuries have kept him off the field for much of the past two seasons. The Western Kentucky product also turned 33 in January, limiting his market value.
This franchise has employed superstar wide receivers. As Puka Nacua, Cooper Kupp, Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Henry Ellard, Tom Fears and Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch shined in Los Angeles and St. Louis, the tight end position has been overlooked here for ages. Higbee ranks 14th in Rams history in receiving (3,949 yards). That is nearly 2,000 more than any other pure TE in franchise history. With Rob Havenstein now retired, Higbee also will enter the 2026 season as the longest-tenured player on the Rams’ roster.
I’d like to see Ferguson get more opportunities.
Yeah, he’s a fantastic athlete and it would be fun to see him develop into a real weapon.