{"id":1893,"date":"2026-08-04T14:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:25:58","slug":"falcons-reportedly-make-bijan-robinson-highest-paid-running-back-in-nfl-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1893","title":{"rendered":"Falcons Reportedly Make Bijan Robinson Highest-Paid Running Back In NFL History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxsports.com\/statics.foxsports.com\/www.foxsports.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1408\/814\/bijan1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Falcons Reportedly Make Bijan Robinson Highest-Paid Running Back In NFL History\" title=\"Falcons Reportedly Make Bijan Robinson Highest-Paid Running Back In NFL History\" \/><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/statics.foxsports.com\/www.foxsports.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bijan1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-273d04fe=\"\"><!--[--><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">There&#8217;s a new highest-paid running back in the NFL, and his name is &#8220;Bijan Robinson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Robinson has signed a three-year, $75 million extension with the Atlanta Falcons, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rapsheet\/status\/2084608902616825869?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL Media reported on Tuesday morning<\/a>. The contract will begin in 2028, with the $25 million average annual value and $51 million guaranteed each being an NFL record for a running back. Atlanta presumably hinted at the extension by posting a picture to X of Robinson smiling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Saquon Barkley held the previous running back salary record, as he signed a two-year, $41.2 million extension with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2025 ($20.6 million AAV).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Robinson, a Pro Bowler in each of the last two seasons, is coming off a 2025 campaign where the star running back earned his first career All-Pro honor. In said season (2025), Robinson rushed for 1,478 yards \u2014 which was fourth in the NFL \u2014 and seven touchdowns on a career-high 5.1 yards per carry. He also totaled 79 receptions for 820 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Robinson was first in the NFL with 86 forced missed tackles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/bijan-robinson\/123126#seasonStatsWidget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Pro Football Focus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Elsewhere on the extension front, the Falcons signed wide receiver Drake London (four-year deal worth up to $150 million), guard Matthew Bergeron (four-year deal worth up to $96 million) and tight end Kyle Pitts (three-year, $54 million deal) to long-term deals this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">The Falcons are coming off an 8-9 season that saw them miss the playoffs and post a losing record for an eighth consecutive season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Atlanta selected Robinson with the No. 8 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Texas.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a new highest-paid running back in the NFL, and his name is &#8220;Bijan Robinson.&#8221; Robinson has signed a three-year, $75 million extension with the Atlanta Falcons, NFL Media reported on Tuesday morning. The contract will begin in 2028, with the $25 million average annual value and $51 million guaranteed each being an NFL record&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/a57.foxsports.com\/statics.foxsports.com\/www.foxsports.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1408\/814\/bijan1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3571,3570,3573,238,3066,3230,3572,3574],"class_list":["post-1893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bijan","tag-falcons","tag-highestpaid","tag-history","tag-nfl","tag-reportedly","tag-robinson","tag-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}