The Buffalo Bills have announced that starting running back Fred Jackson has signed a contract extension.
Jackson was scheduled to earn $1.955 million in base salary, with a $100,000 roster bonus and $50,000 workout bonus in the final year of his current contract. According to multiple reports, the extension is worth around $8 million over two seasons, keeping Jackson under contract through the 2014 season.
Undrafted out of Coe College in 2003, Jackson spent time in the Indoor Football League and NFL Europe before catching on with the Bills practice squad in 2006. Over the last five seasons, Jackson has started 38 of 66 games, rushing for 3,794 yards and 16 touchdowns with 175 receptions for 1,535 yards and four touchdowns out of the backfield.
In his three seasons as a starter, Jackson has topped 1,000 yards once (2009) and has fallen less than 100 yards short in the last two seasons. With 934 yards and six touchdowns rushing, and 39 receptions for 442 yards, Jackson was well on his way towards posting career-highs in every statistical category in 2011 before his season was ended by a broken fibula.
source: Mac's Football Blog
author: Brian McIntyre
photo: Getty Images via SportsIllustrated.com
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