Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks is due a $7.82MM salary in 2026, the ultimate yr of his current contract. Essentially 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 latest regime.
Brooks, 28, couldn’t have picked a greater time to come back to the negotiating table. The previous 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 because the Eleventh-best linebacker out of 88 qualified players, and his excellent run defense rating of 92.0 was a top-three mark.
All of that culminated in a first-team All-Pro nod, the primary time in his profession he earned Pro Bowl or All-Pro acclaim. As such, he’s well-positioned for a hefty raise and will conceivably push to hitch the group of off-ball ‘backers who’re earning a minimum of $20MM per season.
Our Connor Byrne suggested at the tip of June that Brooks has a robust case to vault into a minimum of the second-tier of linebackers earning a minimum of $15MM per season, and Omar Kelly of the Miami Herald believes Brooks will indeed accept something lower 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 probably going 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 one other $7MM becoming fully-guaranteed on the fifth day of the 2028 league yr. If Brooks doesn’t hit a $20MM+ AAV, he could a minimum of land a good guarantee structure.
Citing Brooks’ leadership in addition to his on-field performance, Kelly believes the Dolphins should prioritize an extension. Brooks himself expressed some uncertainty as as to whether he would get a brand new deal this offseason, but Kelly doesn’t think the Texas Tech alum will stage a hold-in or similar negotiating tactic to force the problem.
“I would like to recover as a player in order that’s why I show up,” Brooks said of his OTA attendance this spring. “Obviously, I never need to send the mistaken message to the team or to my teammates. I play with these guys. Go to battle with them. I would like them to know that I’m here irrespective of what [and that I’m] playing the sport for the correct reasons.”