Cam Jordan reaches 2-year extension with Saints

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Saints’ all-time franchise-leading sack leader, defensive end Cam Jordan, has reached a two-year extension to stay in New Orleans through the 2025 season.

Saints defensive end Cam Jordan signs extension with club, source says .
— Sean FazendeFOX8 (@SeanFazendeFOX8) August 4, 2023

Cam Jordan signs a 2-year contract extension with the #Saints. He’ll retire in the Black and Gold.

Presser will be live on @FOX8NOLA at 8 a.m.
— Garland Gillen (@garlandgillen) August 4, 2023

ESPN’s Adam Schefter says that the agreement is a guaranteed contract worth $27.5 million for two years.

Cam Jordan with the family after his 2-year contract extension with the #Saints pic.twitter.com/hfFdOwPJjG
— Garland Gillen (@garlandgillen) August 4, 2023

Jordan, 34, will be receiving the largest contract on average and guarantees for a defensive player in the history of the league at his age, according to Shefter.

Eight-time Pro-Bowl DE Cameron Jordan, the Saints’ all-time leading franchise sack leader, reached agreement on a two-year, $27.5 million guaranteed contract extension that ties him to New Orleans through the 2025 season.

The $27.5 million in new money comes with $27.5 million… pic.twitter.com/0ltP5Xyov8
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 4, 2023

Fox 8′s Madeline Adams points out that Jordan has said in the past that he has a goal of playing 15 years in the NFL and this new extension would complete his target number of 15 years.

Cam Jordan said his new goal was to make it to 15 years in the league..

This deal keeps him in New Orleans through year 15. https://t.co/YOr8dPyfkY
— Madeline Adams (@MadelineAdamsTV) August 4, 2023

Cam Jordan on his extension: “Luckily I won’t ever have to see myself being in anything else but the black and gold.”@FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/qsX0qZVtUk
— Madeline Adams (@MadelineAdamsTV) August 4, 2023

Jordan was selected by the Saints out of California in the first round of the 2011 draft and has been named to the Pro Bowl eight times.

Cam was asked when he knew New Orleans was a place he wanted to stay the rest of his career: “The moment Mickey and Sean drafted me.”@FOX8NOLA
— Madeline Adams (@MadelineAdamsTV) August 4, 2023

It will be a family affair. Cam Jordan flew his father into town to celebrate the extension. https://t.co/Ps29D92WFw
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 4, 2023

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