The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Evans are in agreement on a two-year, $52 million extension with five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Evans, ESPN and NFL Network reported Monday.
The deal includes $35 million guaranteed, according to the ESPN report.
Evans, 30, was set to hit free agency at the turn of the new league year later this month. He just finished a five-year, $82.5 million contract with the Bucs.
“He came to work every day, he came into play every day, as you can see as a result from his statistics,” Bucs head coach Todd Bowles said at the NFL Scouting Combine last week. “You know, he he’s been here for like a decade and he’s done the same thing every year. He’s been very consistent. He’s very dynamic yet he’s very humble off the field, but he’s a confident player. He’s one of my favorite players. I have a lot of respect for Mike and everything he does. He’s earned what he done.”
Evans reached 1,000 receiving yards for the 10th straight season in 2023, a record at the outset of a career and just one off the overall consecutive seasons mark held by the legendary Jerry Rice. He had 79 catches for 1,255 yards with a league-leading 13 touchdowns.
Evans has spent his entire career in Tampa, which selected him No. 7 overall in the 2014 draft. He has 762 career receptions for 11,680 yards and 94 TDs in 154 games (153 starts). He also has 709 yards receiving and five TDs in nine postseason games, two of those TDs coming in the 2020 Super Bowl run.
Next up in Tampa is quarterback Baker Mayfield, whom the Bucs also hope to lock up to a long-term deal.
–Field Level Media