{"id":175193,"date":"2026-02-22T06:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/175193\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T06:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:51:24","slug":"cowboys-rb-javonte-williams-agree-to-terms-on-three-year-24-million-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/175193\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys, RB Javonte Williams agree to terms on three-year, $24 million contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Williams came to Dallas as somewhat of an afterthought last season following a downturn at the end of his time with the Broncos.<\/p>\n

A 2021 second-round pick, Williams looked to have the makings of an explosive feature back as a rookie, but a knee injury cut short his ’22 campaign and seemed to sap him of his explosiveness the next two seasons in Denver.<\/p>\n

He then signed a one-year, $3 million prove-it deal with his the Cowboys and promptly proceeded to do so. Having rushed for 1,287 yards and seven touchdowns from 2023-24, he nearly eclipsed that rushing total in a single season wearing the star.<\/p>\n

Williams rushed for 1,201 yards and 11 TDs — doubling his career rushing TD total — with a career-high 4.8 yards per carry. He also added 35 catches for 137 yards and two more scores, continuing to be a sure-handed outlet as he has his entire career.<\/p>\n

His output provided the Cowboys with a balanced offensive attack the team hadn’t enjoyed for several years, making him a valuable piece to lock down heading into 2026.<\/p>\n

Still only a few months away from his 26th birthday, Williams comes at a reasonable bargain for Dallas. His $8 million annual average salary places him tied for 16th with the Bears’ D’Andre Swift<\/a> among running backs — just above former Cowboy Tony Pollard<\/a>‘s $7.3 million with the Titans.<\/p>\n

Now that Williams has been taken care of early, all eyes turn to how the Cowboys approach things with their other big-name free agent: wide receiver George Pickens<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Williams came to Dallas as somewhat of an afterthought last season following a downturn at the end of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9952,102,113,104,103,5963,223,9953],"class_list":{"0":"post-175193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallas-headlines","12":"tag-dallas-news","13":"tag-javonte-williams","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-no-minute"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}