Tuesday afternoon has brought about more in the way of kicker news. The Texans have worked out a new deal with Kaʻimi Fairbairn. 
Fairbairn has agreed to two-year, $13MM extension, Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network report. As a result, he is now on the books through 2028. The $6.5MM average annual value of this extension is the highest in league history for kickers.
In 2024, Fairbairn inked a Houston deal worth an average of $5.3MM per year. A healthy raise has now been worked out in the wake of his continued strong play. The nine-year veteran led the NFL in made field goals this past season, connecting on 44 of 48 attempts. Each of his four misses came from beyond 50 yards, and Fairbairn topped 90% in terms of accuracy for the third time in the past four seasons.
The 32-year-old also connected on each of his extra point attempts in 2025, doing so for the second time in his career. High-level play will be counted on for years to come in Fairbairn’s case. This marks the latest in-house player for Houston to receive a new deal on the eve of the new league year. The likes of Danielle Hunter, Sheldon Rankins and Dalton Schultz have worked out new Texans contracts in recent days. Fairbairn now joins them in that respect.
Harrison Butker‘s $6.4MM-per-year-pact led the way in terms of kicker deals entering Tuesday. The market has now seen a small upward move. It will be interesting to see how this affects future contracts at the position. In any case, Fairbairn’s Houston future has been assured beyond 2026.
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This, is who I think is the best kicker in the league is. And we have Brandon Aubrey. This should also help with his contract 6.5$ then Aubrey should be around 6.8 max..