MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins restructured the contract of working again Raheem Mostert, including an extra yr onto his unique take care of the staff, his agent introduced Friday.
The restructured contract will hold Mostert in Miami by means of the 2025 season and is value $9.075 million, a supply instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
In simply two seasons with the Dolphins, Mostert surpassed the output of his earlier seven NFL years, dashing for a mixed 1,903 and 21 touchdowns. He additionally caught 56 passes for 377 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Mostert signed a two-year contract with the Dolphins in 2022, and rushed for 891 yards on 183 carries, each profession highs, that yr. He shattered these numbers with 1,012 yards on 209 carries in 2023, with a league-leading and franchise-record 18 dashing touchdowns. His 21 complete touchdowns in 2023 set a franchise report, as properly.
The Florida native shall be 32 by the point the 2024 season begins in September, however he has solely 645 dashing makes an attempt in his profession. For reference, 26 working backs have at the very least 1,000 dashing makes an attempt since Mostert entered the league in 2015. Nevertheless, solely three common extra yards per carry than Mostert’s 5.2.
In his third yr with the Dolphins, Mostert initiatives to separate carries with final season’s rookie sensation, De’Von Achane, as the 2 kind the quickest working again tandem within the NFL. Mostert and Achane accounted for 3 of the league’s 10 quickest ball-carrier speeds final season.