The Eagles didn't wait around. Fresh off locking up Jordan Davis earlier in the offseason, Philly turned around and made sure the other half of its interior D-line duo wasn't going anywhere either. Jalen Carter, still just 25 and already a two-time Pro Bowler, is getting a four-year, $152 million extension that can max out at $160 million, according to Adam Schefter.
Schefter broke the numbers first: 4 years, $152M, $106M guaranteed, running through 2031.
The guarantee is the number that jumps off the page. $106 million fully guaranteed for an interior defensive lineman is not something this league hands out often — that kind of security has traditionally been reserved for quarterbacks and the occasional edge rusher. Carter now sits at $38 million per year, officially the richest defensive tackle in NFL history.
Schefter followed up with where that number puts Carter next to the rest of the league's top-paid interior guys.
Highest paid DTs in the NFL: 🏈Jalen Carter: $38M 🏈Jeffery Simmons: $35.2M 🏈Chris Jones: $31.75M 🏈Dexter Lawrence: $28M 🏈Milton Williams: $26M
Context matters here: Jeffery Simmons was the previous ceiling at $35.2 million a year, with Chris Jones, Dexter Lawrence and Milton Williams rounding out the top 5. Carter didn't just edge past that group — he blew through it by nearly $3 million annually, a gap that reflects just how disruptive he's been since Philly took him in the first round out of Georgia.
It's easy to forget Carter is only 3 seasons into his career. In that span he's racked up 13.5 sacks, 25 tackles for loss and 37 quarterback hits across 43 games, and he was a central piece of the Eagles' defensive front that helped bring home Super Bowl LIX. Locking him up through 2031 means Philly's defensive line — arguably the identity of this team since the Fletcher Cox era — stays intact for the foreseeable future.
Jordan Schultz's report tied the Carter deal directly to the Jordan Davis extension Philly already handed out this offseason.
This is the Eagles doing what they've made a habit of: paying their own before the market can. Howie Roseman's front office has leaned hard into keeping homegrown Super Bowl pieces together, and locking both interior tackles down before either could hit free agency keeps a genuine problem for opposing offensive lines fully intact heading into 2026. For a defense that's supposed to be the backbone of another title push, this is about as clean a win as it gets in July.