For his 5-year, $64M extension that includes $35.5M guaranteed, LB Jaylon Smith gets $20M over the next 16 months. The third-highest guarantee at his position. He was slated to make $1.3M in 2019, then the RFA tender. He’s now under contract for 6 years.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 20, 2019In one of the best stories in the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and linebacker Jaylon Smith have agreed to a massive contract extension, keeping the star linebacker in Dallas for years to come. The story is fantastic because Smith was universally thought of as a top-3 player in his draft class prior to a gruesome injury in the Fiesta Bowl which dampened his NFL prospects.