HOUSTON — The Houston Texans and extensive receiver Brandin Cooks have agreed to a two-year contract extension, a supply instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday.
Previous to agreeing to the extension, Cooks was owed a $12.5 million base wage in 2022 as a part of a deal that was signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2018 and restructured by Houston final yr. Cooks was within the last season of the contract.
Cooks, who has performed in a minimum of 14 video games in all however his rookie season (2014), has hit 1,000 yards receiving in six of his eight NFL campaigns.
Earlier this week, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that Houston had obtained curiosity from a number of groups within the extensive receiver. A supply instructed ESPN that if Houston have been to commerce Cooks, it will take a second-round draft choose in return.
“It looks like everytime you speak about Brandin, anybody, they speak about management,” Texans coach Lovie Smith mentioned on the NFL homeowners conferences final month. “You do not say that about everyone. You need to do one thing rather well to ensure that individuals to explain you that manner.
“And for me, being in a distinct function final yr and simply seeing him from afar. … I knew about him earlier than I obtained there. Simply noticed how he dealt with his enterprise every day. The professionalism that he had. The routine. All of the issues I do know the great soccer gamers I have been round do each day is what I noticed from Brandin.”
In 119 video games over eight seasons, Cooks has 573 catches for 7,917 yards and 46 touchdowns.