No longer lengthy after dolling out one huge extension, the Houston Texans have paid the opposite part of the NFL’s maximum prolific sack tandem.
Will Anderson Jr. and the Texans agreed to phrases on a three-year, $150 million extension on Friday, NFL Community Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
Rapoport added that Anderson’s deal, which makes him the highest-paid non-QB ever, contains $134 million assured and in addition features a non-trade clause.
The record-setting deal comes at the heels of Anderson’s first-career first-team All-Professional marketing campaign in 2025 after he posted a career-best 12 sacks this previous yr. His 3 compelled fumbles, 54 tackles, 20 tackles for loss and 23 QB hits have been likewise tops for his profession, and Anderson’s 85 QB pressures have been 2d within the NFL, in step with Subsequent Gen Stats.
Anderson’s new contract additionally comes after his working mate, Danielle Hunter, won a one-year, $40.1 million extension on March 5. Houston’s Anderson and Hunter have been the one teammates to every end within the league’s best 10 in sacks throughout 2025.
Figuring out an extension for Anderson was once considered one of Houston’s priorities this offseason, Rapoport reported on Feb. 26.