*Finally! Ezekiel Elliott and the Dallas Cowboys are making their fans happy all over again this morning because they have agreed on a six-year, $90 million contract extension, according to an ESPN report.
Specifically, the deal gives Elliott a $50 million guarantee in funds, a source, surpassing Todd Gurley’s $45 million as the most for an NFL running back. Elliott, 24, was under contract through 2020 and was set to make $3.853 million in 2019 and $9.09 million on the fifth-year option in 2020, making his total compensation through 2026 more than $100 million, which makes him the highest-paid running back in NFL history.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed on CNBC that Elliott had agreed to a deal Wednesday morning.
“I’m $100 million lighter as of this morning,” Jones said from New York, where he and his son, team executive vice president Stephen Jones, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. “Zeke has been arguably our best player.”
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“We’re glad to get him booked in. We’re glad to have him on the team. He plays a position that has some pretty interesting dynamics to it because running backs are short-lived, although we had what I consider to be one of the top five greatest ones in Emmitt Smith. And Emmitt ran the ball for 13 years, so you don’t have to have a four- or five-year career to be a running back.
“On the other hand, Zeke allows us to create such problems for the defense that that he can open it up to our passing, open it up for Dak Prescott. Of course we’ve got to have some guys on defense to get those guys the ball. That’s what this is all about.”
The sports news site added that it’s not known when the deal will be announced, but the plan is for Elliott to be at practice Wednesday, ending his holdout just five days before the Cowboys’ season opener against the New York Giants.
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