Jalen Carter becomes highest-paid defensive tackle with $152M deal

The national stage wasn’t kind to Jalen Carter at the start of the 2025 season when we saw him get kicked out of the regular-season opener for spitting at Dak Prescott, but the start of this season is getting off on a much brighter note.

As in, a Brink’s truck full of $100 notes.

That’s because Carter has agreed to a four-year contract extension worth a reported $152 million with $106 million guaranteed that makes him the highest-paid defensive tackle in NFL history.

Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter (98) walks off the field after being disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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The deal, negotiated by agents Drew and Jason Rosenhaus, will pay Carter $38 million in new money on an annual average basis.

The average vaults Carter past Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons ($35.2 million), and Kansas City Chiefs lineman Chris Jones ($31.75 million) as the league’s only interior linemen exceeding $30 million per season.

That’s, shall we say, nothing to spit at.

Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones (95) gestures to the crowd during the third quarter at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 25, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

Carter is now under contract with Philadelphia through 2031.

The No. 9 overall pick of the 2023 draft, Carter finished second in the Defensive Rookie of the Year voting behind Will Anderson Jr.

Carter was instrumental in helping the Eagles win Super Bowl LIX to cap the 2024 season. Last year he only played in 11 games until he required shoulder surgery in both shoulders.

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Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter walks off the field after being disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

But he played at least 90 percent of the snaps in four of those 11 games and his 55.9 snaps per game was the most among defensive tackles.

Carter is two-time Pro Bowler and the Eagles obviously believe his best days are ahead because that’s exactly what $38 million per season should deliver.

Especially in games played on the national stage.

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