Eagles' DeVonta Smith sees third year as contract year after Jalen Hurts and AJ Brown got paid for production

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NEW YORK – DeVonta Smith only needed two years in the NFL to put his name into the conversation of top wide receivers in the league. So what’s there to prove in year three? 

"You want to definitely go out there and make myself more valuable. Raise the stock is what I say," Smith told Fox News Digital on the way to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to continue a video shoot with VRST, the apparel brand exclusively offered at Dick's Sporting Goods.  

Smith’s stock was already high after he broke the Philadelphia Eagles’ rookie receiving yards record with 916 on 64 receptions. He followed that up with 1,196 yards and seven touchdowns on 95 catches last season as the Eagles’ offense demolished most of its competition on the way to a Super Bowl appearance. 

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DeVonta Smith of the Philadelphia Eagles runs off the field after a game against the Green Bay Packers at Lincoln Financial Field Nov. 27, 2022, in Philadelphia. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

Year three is generally the leap year for NFL players, who needed the first two to get fully acclimated to the league. 

Not for Smith, though. He wasted no time in his rookie season. 

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Instead, he wants to follow what his good friend and teammate, Jalen Hurts, experienced in his third season. 

It’s a contract year. 

DeVonta Smith of the Philadelphia Eagles runs through the tunnel prior to the NFC championship game against the San Francisco 49ers at Lincoln Financial Field Jan. 29, 2023, in Philadelphia. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

"This is year three, that leap year,