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The national stage was not kind to Jalen Carter at the start of the 2025 season when we saw him get ejected from the first regular season game for spitting on Dak Prescott, but the start of this season is starting on a much brighter note.
Like a Brink’s truck full of $100 bills.
That’s because Carter agreed to a four-year contract extension worth a reported $152 million with $106 million guaranteed, making 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 on 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 average annually.
The average moves Carter ahead of Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons ($35.2 million) and Kansas City Chiefs lineman Chris Jones ($31.75 million) as the only interior linemen in the league to top $30 million per season.
That is, let’s say, nothing to spit on.
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/Image Images)
Carter is now under contract with Philadelphia through 2031.
Carter, the No. 9 overall pick in the 2023 draft, finished second in 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 requiring surgery on 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 on 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 a two-time Pro Bowler and the Eagles obviously believe his best days are ahead of him because that’s exactly what they should be generating at $38 million per season.
Especially in games played on the national stage.
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