Pro Football Rumors
Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks is due a $7.82MM salary in 2026, the final year of his current contract. The most recent reporting on the matter suggests Brooks will join teammates De’Von Achane and Aaron Brewer as players to receive extensions from Miami’s new regime.
Brooks, 28, could not have picked a better time to come to the negotiating table. The former first-round pick of the Seahawks led the league with a whopping 183 tackles in 2025, adding 3.5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss to his totals. Pro Football Focus graded him as the 11th-best linebacker out of 88 qualified players, and his excellent run defense score of 92.0 was a top-three mark.
All of that culminated in a first-team All-Pro nod, the first time in his career he earned Pro Bowl or All-Pro acclaim. As such, he is well-positioned for a hefty raise and could conceivably push to join the group of off-ball ‘backers who are earning at least $20MM per season.
Our Connor Byrne suggested at the end of June that Brooks has a strong case to vault into at least the second-tier of linebackers earning at least $15MM per season, and Omar Kelly of the Miami Herald believes Brooks will indeed settle for something less than a top-of-the-market accord. In Kelly’s view – which mirrors the one recently offered by colleague C. Isaiah Smalls II – Brooks’ camp is likely pushing for a deal akin to the three-year, $54MM pact that Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair signed in May.
Al-Shaair’s contract does include $38.75MM guaranteed at signing, with another $7MM becoming fully-guaranteed on the fifth day of the 2028 league year. If Brooks does not hit a $20MM+ AAV, he could at least land a favorable guarantee structure.
Citing Brooks’ leadership as well as his on-field performance, Kelly believes the Dolphins should prioritize an extension. Brooks himself expressed some uncertainty as to whether he would get a new deal this offseason, but Kelly does not think the Texas Tech alum will stage a hold-in or similar negotiating tactic to force the issue.
“I need to get better as a player so that’s why I show up,” Brooks said of his OTA attendance this spring. “Obviously, I never want to send the wrong message to the team or to my teammates. I play with these guys. Go to battle with them. I want them to know that I’m here no matter what [and that I’m] playing the game for the right reasons.”
