Sources: Falcons, RB Robinson reach 3-year deal worth up to $75M - ESPN
Two-time Pro Bowler Bijan Robinson and the Atlanta Falcons reached agreement on a three-year extension worth up to $75 million that now will make him the highest-paid running back in NFL history, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
Robinson will receive $51 million guaranteed. The deal, negotiated by Nicole Lynn of Klutch Sports, will end the running back's weeklong hold-in at training camp.
With his record deal based on average annual value, Bijan Robinson is the second running back in NFL history to be guaranteed more than $40 million, behind only rookie Jeremiyah Love who signed a fully guaranteed four-year, $53,022,816 with the Cardinals.
With the new deal, Robinson will now make $22.25 million per year, surpassing the Philadelphia Eagles' Saquon Barkley ($20.6 million) as the highest-paid running back year-over-year in the league. That could change soon, though, with Detroit Lions star Jahmyr Gibbs also holding in while he waits for a contract extension.
Robinson had been holding in since the first day of Falcons training camp practice last Wednesday. The two-time Pro Bowler and 2025 All-Pro, who is now under contract with the Falcons through 2030, should return Tuesday afternoon.
Robinson, 24, led the NFL in scrimmage yards last season (2,298) and was fourth in rushing yards (1,478). His 93-yard rushing touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams was the longest in the NFL last season.
The Falcons have been busy this offseason locking up young talent. They signed wide receiver Drake London to a four-year, $141.05 million extension and put pen to paper with tight end Kyle Pitts Sr. for three years and $54 million. Last week, Atlanta signed left guard Matthew Bergeron to a four-year, $96


