PHILADELPHIA -- The Eagles are signing two-time Pro Bowl selection Jalen Carter to a four-year, $152 million extension worth up to $160 million, agents Drew Rosenhaus and Jason Rosenhaus told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The deal includes $106 million guaranteed. The contract is the richest for a defensive tackle in NFL history in both guaranteed money and average annual value ($38 million).
Carter, 25, has been selected to each of the past two Pro Bowls. He has 13.5 sacks, 37 quarterback hits and 108 tackles in his first three seasons.
The Eagles picked up Carter's fifth-year option for the 2027 season earlier this year. With the extension, he will now be under contract through the 2031 season.
The deal puts any potential drama regarding his contract to bed before training camp practices begin Wednesday. Carter did not participate in team drills during the team's mandatory minicamp. Coach Nick Sirianni declined to say whether that was injury or contract related.
Carter is coming off a down season by his standards, posting three sacks and five tackles for loss over 11 games, in part due to injury. He underwent treatment on both shoulders in early December and was sidelined for three games before returning Week 17 against the Buffalo Bills.
Carter was ejected from the season opener last season for spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott before the first play from scrimmage. He forfeited his Week 1 game check worth $57,222.
A centerpiece of Georgia's dominant defense, Carter was widely considered one of the top prospects entering the 2023 draft, but off-field concerns gave some teams pause.
He had been involved in a fatal Jan. 15 crash in Athens, Georgia, following the Bulldogs' championship parade. He ultimately pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and racing and was sentenced to 12 months of probation, a $1,000 fine and 80 hours of community service. The vehicle Carter was alleged to be racing against crashed, resulting in the death of Georgia teammate Devin Willock and recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy.
Multiple Georgia coaches declined to go to bat for Carter during the predraft process, according to sources familiar with the conversations, in part because they had grown disenchanted with his practice habits and attitude.
The Eagles, though, believed they were uniquely equipped to help support and guide Carter with veteran leaders in the defensive line room as well as the presence of some of his former Georgia teammates, including defensive tackle Jordan Davis, who recently received a new contract of his own. They traded up one spot to draft Carter ninth overall.
Carter has shown over the course of three NFL seasons that he can be one of the most impactful defensive players in the game. He earned second-team All-Pro honors and was selected to the Pro Bowl during the Eagles' Super Bowl season in 2024, when he led the team in pressures (45), tackles for loss (12) and quarterback hits (16). At 23 years old, he became the youngest defensive tackle in the organization's history to make the Pro Bowl.
