The Jacksonville Jaguars locked in one of the integral pieces of their young defense.
Defensive end Travon Walker agreed to a four-year, $110 million contract extension, his representation announced on X. The deal includes $77 million in total guarantees and $50 million fully guaranteed at signing, per Elite Loyalty Sports.
Walker now ranks 12th among edge rushers in his contract's average annual value.
Walker is coming off a 3 1/2-sack season in 2025, but he registered double-digit totals the previous two years.
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The No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Georgia has long been compared to fellow edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson, who went No. 2 overall to the Detroit Lions. Hutchinson, who has been selected to two Pro Bowls, has been the more productive pass rusher of the two and signed a four-year, $180 million extension last October. Walker, however, has emerged as a key disruptor for the Jaguars' opportunistic defense, which ranked second in the NFL with 31 takeaways last season.
"The thing that I really appreciate in watching Travon move is how much he loves this place, how much he loves his teammates," Jaguars general manager James Gladstone said in January. "That just seeps out of his soul. Those are the type of people you want to align yourself with. It's the type of players that we want to make sure that are still in our building moving forward."
Walker had been set to play in 2026 on his fifth-year option for $15.2 million.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Travon Walker contract details: Jaguars DE agrees to hefty extension