Sources: Seahawks' Leonard Williams lands 3-year, $90M extension - ESPN

The Seattle Seahawks are signing Leonard Williams to a three-year, $90 million contract extension that will make him one of the NFL's highest-paid defensive tackles, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Williams will make $56 million guaranteed as part of the deal, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Williams, who was scheduled to become a free agent in 2027, is tied with Tampa Bay's Vita Vea for the fifth-highest average annual income for a defensive tackle in the NFL, behind Philadelphia's Jalen Carter, Dallas' Quinnen Williams, Tennessee's Jeffery Simmons and Kansas City's Chris Jones.

Williams, 32, is one of the most impactful players on the NFL's top-ranked scoring defense in 2025, and the reigning Super Bowl champion Seahawks are making a significant bet that he'll remain a dominant force into his mid-30s.

In polling conducted this offseason by Fowler, Williams was voted the NFL's best defensive tackle by league executives, scouts and coaches. One coordinator called him «the most important player on that Super Bowl team,» according to Fowler. «That was amazing,» Williams said of his No. 1 ranking. «I think it's awesome to get that recognition, especially later in my career.»

When asked last month about his contract situation, Williams confirmed that his agents and the Seahawks had been talking about an extension. He was entering the final year of the three-year, $64.5 million deal he signed to return to the Seahawks in March 2024.

Seattle acquired Williams in a midseason trade with the New York Giants in October 2023, giving up a 2024 second-round pick and a 2025 fifth-rounder.

Williams has made the Pro Bowl in each of his two full seasons with the Seahawks and earned second-team All-Pro