Dolphins lock up Aaron Brewer with three-year, $52.5 million extension
The deal pays the undrafted center $17.5 million per year, third most at the position, with $37 million guaranteed.
The Miami Dolphins have agreed to a three-year extension with center Aaron Brewer worth up to $52.5 million, including $37 million guaranteed. The $17.5 million average makes Brewer the NFL's third-highest paid center by annual value, trailing only Creed Humphrey and Tyler Linderbaum, and it more than doubles the three-year, $21 million contract he signed when he arrived in Miami in 2024.
How did an undrafted center land a top-three contract at his position?
Brewer entered the league in 2020 as an undrafted free agent out of Texas State and spent his first four seasons with the Tennessee Titans, where he overlapped for two years with current Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis. Miami signed him to a modest three-year, $21 million deal in 2024, and he has rewarded that bet by starting 33 consecutive games at center while missing just one game overall. His breakout came in 2025, when he earned second-team All-Pro honors in his sixth NFL season. He was also a finalist for the league's inaugural Protector of the Year award. Two years after settling for mid-tier money, the 28-year-old now sits behind only Creed Humphrey and Tyler Linderbaum among the highest-paid centers in football.
What did Brewer do in 2025 to earn this kind of money?
The numbers back up the accolades. Brewer posted the 10th-best pass block win rate among qualified centers in 2025 and allowed just 7 sacks across 1,127 pass blocking snaps. That durability and consistency in the middle of the line earned him second-team All-Pro recognition for the first time in his career. He is not satisfied with it either. "I want to be first-team All-Pro...I want to be Pro Bowler this year...I want to be the Protector of the Year," Brewer said of his goals for 2026. For a Dolphins offense built on timing and quick decisions, a reliable anchor at center is about as valuable as interior linemen get.
What does this signal about Miami's offseason plan?
Brewer was one of three players the Dolphins identified as pillars to extend this offseason, alongside running back De'Von Achane and linebacker Jordyn Brooks, and his deal is the clearest statement yet about where the front office wants its money going. In an offseason that already saw Miami trade Jaylen Waddle to Denver, the organization is plainly reallocating resources from skill-position star power toward the foundation of the roster. Paying a center top-three money is not a flashy move, but it keeps the line of scrimmage settled for the next several years. It also rewards a homegrown success story from within the building rather than chasing an outside name. With Brewer signed through his prime, Miami can turn its attention to the rest of its extension list.
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- ESPN: Dolphins, Aaron Brewer reach 3-year, $52.5 million extension
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