The Arizona Cardinals lock up their outstanding tight end.
The Arizona Cardinals are keeping one of their best players for the foreseeable future.
The team has agreed to a four-year contract extension with tight end Trey McBride, worth a reported $76 million with $43 million guaranteed.
From the team:
The Arizona Cardinals Football Club today announced that the team has agreed to terms with Pro Bowl tight end Trey McBride on a four-year contract extension that keeps him under contract through the 2029 season.
Below are some of the key highlights from McBride’s NFL career:
· Selected by the Cardinals in the second round (55th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Colorado State, McBride was named to his first Pro Bowl following the 2024 season. He is just the second tight end in franchise history to earn Pro Bowl honors and the first since Hall of Famer Jackie Smith in 1970.
· The 25-year-old McBride has appeared in 49 games (41 starts) in his first three seasons and had 221 catches for 2,236 yards and six TDs as well as a rushing TD and a fumble recovery TD.
· In addition to his success on the field, McBride was named the “Cardinals/Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year” in 2024.
· McBride set the franchise record for most receptions in a season by a tight end in consecutive seasons (81 in 2023, 111 in 2024). His 111 catches in 2024 were also the second most in team history regardless of position (DeAndre Hopkins – 115 in 2020) and the fourth-highest single-season total by a TE in NFL history.
· He finished second among NFL tight ends in both receptions (111) and receiving yards (1,146) in 2024. McBride finished just one reception and 48 receiving yards behind Raiders TE Brock Bowers (112 receptions for 1,194 yards) despite playing in one fewer game.
· His 221 career receptions are the most by a tight end in his first three seasons in NFL history, surpassing the previous record of 216 set by 49ers TE George Kittle (2017-19). In team annals, only All-Pro WRs Anquan Boldin (259) and Larry Fitzgerald (230) had more receptions in their first three seasons.
· McBride’s 192 receptions over the last two seasons are the most among NFL tight ends while his 1,971 receiving yards rank second (George Kittle – 2,126) during that span.
· He had 100+ receiving yards in five games in 2023-24, trailing only Kittle (7) for the most in the NFL among tight ends. Prior to McBride, no Cards tight end had recorded a 100-yard game since 1989.
· McBride had five games with 10+ catches in the past two seasons, a feat that previously had never been reached by a Cards tight end.
· He had 5+ catches in 10 straight road games (Week 11 of 2023 through Week 13 of 2024), tying KC TE Travis Kelce (10 games from 2019-20) for the longest streak among tight ends in NFL history.
· In 2024, McBride (1,146 yards) became just the second tight end in team history to register 1,000+ receiving yards in a season joining Jackie Smith (1,205 in 1967).
· Last year, McBride became the first tight end in NFL history and the first Cardinal ever – regardless of position – to have 12+ catches in consecutive games. With three games of 12+ catches in 2024, only All-Pro WR CeeDee Lamb (4 in 2023) and HOFer Cris Carter (4 in 1995) had more such games in a season than McBride.
· He had three games with 120+ receiving yards in 2024. Only Travis Kelce (4 in 2020) and Tony Gonzalez (4 in 2005) had more such games in a season in NFL history among tight ends.
Congratulations to Trey.