{"id":89448,"date":"2025-12-19T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89448\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:30:08","slug":"jacksonville-jaguars-sign-receiver-jakobi-meyers-to-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89448\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Jaguars sign receiver Jakobi Meyers to contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacksonville\u2019s new No. 1 receiver is staying in town for a few more seasons.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars signed Jakobi Meyers to a three-year contract extension, the team announced today.<\/p>\n

The news was broken on Thursday afternoon by ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter, who reports that Meyers will earn $60 million ($40 million guaranteed) on his new deal.<\/p>\n

For context, the Jaguars signed Christian Kirk to a four-year, $72 million deal ($37 million guaranteed) in 2022.<\/p>\n

Meyers\u2019 new contract ranks 24th among NFL receivers in total value and 25th in average per year, per Over The Cap.<\/p>\n

Seems like a pretty good deal for a guy who ranks eighth among all NFL players in first down catches (19) since being acquired<\/a> by Jacksonville at the 2025 NFL trade deadline six weeks ago. Meyers also ranks 12th in PFF receiving grade (80.8) and 15th in yards per route run (2.12) out of 85 qualifying wideouts in that span.<\/p>\n

Since Meyers came to town, the Jaguars have a 5-1 record and rank second with 31.8 points per game (behind only the Rams), Trevor Lawrence ranks second in the NFL with 12 passing touchdowns (behind only Matthew Stafford), and Brian Thomas Jr. leads the league with 20.1 yards per reception. Meyers was clearly the missing piece to Liam Coen\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust an obvious connection between he and Trevor early on. You could feel that there was chemistry there,\u201d Coen said Friday. \u201cGuy that\u2019s prepared like a true pro since he\u2019s got here \u2026 really happy for the guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing is, his teammates really like him, the offensive line loves him, and that\u2019s usually where you can kinda check the moral compass of the person \u2026 we always want to play the person, not the player in a lot of ways, right. And his teammates love him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hat tip to the front office for prioritizing a Meyers contract before he was set to hit free agency. It\u2019ll be interesting to see whether they do the same for players like Devin Lloyd, Travis Etienne, Cole Van Lanen, etc.<\/p>\n

Jaguars fans, let us know your thoughts in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville\u2019s new No. 1 receiver is staying in town for a few more seasons. The Jaguars signed Jakobi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,6620,26998,48301,6621,15359,48302,117],"class_list":["post-89448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-depth-chart","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-discussion","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-free-agency","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-news","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-roster","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-salary-cap","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}