Earlier this week, at the NFL’s annual owners meeting in Phoenix, Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone said the team was within “striking distance” regarding second contracts for some rookie-deal players, like an Anton Harrison or a Brenton Strange.
A few days later, the Jaguars officially agreed to terms on a contract extension with defensive end Travon Walker.
According to multiple reports, it’s a four-year deal worth $110 million with $77 million guaranteed.
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Walker, one of just six non-quarterbacks to be drafted first overall over the past 25 years, is now the NFL’s 12th-highest-paid EDGE in terms of average annual salary.
He also ranks 14th in AAV% of the cap (per @djDELFONIK), as well as 10th in total value and seventh in guaranteed money (per Over The Cap).
The deal will likely save Jacksonville some money in 2026, as Walker’s $15.2 million cap could be lowered to about $8-9 million. It will almost certainly age well, considering Walker decided to put pen to paper before potentially upping his value during a contract year.
Jaguars vice president of football operations Tony Boselli spoke to local media on Wednesday about the possibility of striking a deal with Walker.
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“Obviously, Travon missed a few games and probably didn’t put the numbers up he wanted because of the injuries, but if you watch- when you watch him play, you know he’s a really good player. And so obviously, we want those guys to be Jaguars. How we get there will be a process, and we’ll address that as it comes.”
Walker was only healthy for the first three weeks of last season. He dealt with wrist and knee injuries, finishing with just 3.5 sacks in 2025. In the two years prior, however, Walker was one of eight players to notch consecutive double-digit sack campaigns. Opposing offenses run the ball away from him the way NBA players avoid Victor Wembanyama. (Wemby is beyond comparison, but you get the point.)
On Action Sports Jax’s The Brent & Austen Show a few weeks ago, Jaguars defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile said, “[Walker’s] versatility is really what enables us to do a lot of the things that we do.”
“A guy like Travon lets us play so many different fronts over the course of the game with the same personnel grouping that it makes it hard for the offense to ever get a gauge on what you’re going to be in in terms of the front. It’s one thing in the backend, you know, to be multiple and changing coverages and all that, but to be able to come out and be in over defense, be in under defense, be in bear, be in 6-1 defense, you know, be in loaded fronts. You really have to have a guy who’s versatile enough to do that.”
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