Jordyn Brooks extension: 3 years, $51.3M with Dolphins
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The Jordyn Brooks extension is official: 3 years, $51.3 million, $35 million guaranteed with the Miami Dolphins, per Adam Schefter. Agent Erik Burkhardt of Roc Nation Sports confirmed the terms.
Brooks, LB, Miami, was entering the final year of the 3-year, $26.25 million contract he signed with the Dolphins in March 2024. His cap hit for 2026 would have been $10.8 million. This new contract locks him in beyond that.
For market context, Azeez Al-Shaair recently signed a 3-year, $54 million extension with Houston at $18 million per year, making him the third-highest paid off-ball linebacker behind Fred Warner and Roquan Smith. Brooks came in just below that range, which tracks with reports he was not pushing for a top-of-market number.
What Brooks did to earn this deal
Brooks is 28, turns 29 in October, and has started all 34 Dolphins games over the past two seasons. In 2025 he led the entire NFL with 183 combined tackles, added 3.5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss, and earned his first first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl selections. It is the second time in his career he has led the league in tackles, having also done so in 2021. PFF graded him 11th among 88 qualified linebackers.
Dolphins GM Jon-Eric Sullivan had identified Brooks as one of three core players he wanted to build around. Miami already locked up RB De'Von Achane and C Aaron Brewer. Brooks was the last of that group to get done.
What this means for IDP rosters
Brooks was the IDP1 at linebacker in 2025 and projects as the overall LB1 for 2026. Two things changed today for IDP managers.
The trade speculation that had circulated for months is dead. You are not rostering a player who might land in a different scheme mid-offseason.
The situation in Miami also sets him up for another massive tackle season. The Dolphins are in a rebuild under HC Jeff Hafley and GM Sullivan. If the offense struggles, the defense stays on the field longer, and Brooks keeps piling up tackles at an elite rate. There is nothing fluky about 183 tackles on a team trending toward more defensive snaps.
Roster him with full confidence. His value in dynasty and redraft IDP formats is as stable as it gets at the position.