Cowboys officially pick up 5th-year option on Micah Parsons

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The Cowboys said back in early March they would do it, and on Wednesday they finally did. The team has officially picked up the fifth-year option on Micah Parsons, as reported by Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News, who cited “a person familiar with the move.” Parsons is now locked in to make a fully guaranteed $21.32 million for the 2025 season unless he and the front office come to a new long-term agreement before the ’25 season begins. Cowboys officially picked up hybrid DE Micah Parsons’ fifth-year option for 2025, a person familiar with the move said. Salary is worth $21.32 million as a defensive end, which is the position at which he played the majority of his 2023 snaps. How the designation is determined. — Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) April 24, 2024 That dollar amount is the fifth-year option price for a defensive end, which is where Parsons played the majority of his snaps last year. Had he been officially classified as a linebacker, the option price would have jumped to $24 million. Wide receiver and Cowboys teammate CeeDee Lamb is currently set to make $17.99 million playing this season on his fifth-year option, a tactic reserved for clubs to use on first-round draft picks once they near the end of their standard four-year rookie deals. An offer for Cowboys fans For the best local news, sports, entertainment and culture coverage, subscribe to the Austin American-Statesman. $1 for 6 months The Cowboys have said they hope to sign Parsons to a long-term contract extension, but they have also said the same about Lamb and quarterback Dak Prescott. None has yet reached an agreement with the organization. When it does happen, Parsons’s extension is widely expected to make him the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history, topping the $34 million average annual salary the San Francisco 49ers currently pay defensive end Nick Bosa. Report: Cowboys, Ezekiel Elliott rep meeting ahead of 2024 NFL draftAmon-Ra St. Brown's record deal blows up in Cowboys' faces; Lamb's price to soarFollow the Money: 2024 prospects and the final-year Cowboys vets they'd intern with "(function() {var sc = document.createElement(\"script\"), scCnter = document.getElementById(\"container-sdp-voltax-player-01eqbvhghtkmz2182d-3168\"), done = false;sc.src = mm_video_data.endpointUrl + \"\/01eqbvhghtkmz2182d.js\";sc.onload = sc.onreadystatechange = function() {if(!done && (!this.readyState || this.readyState == \"loaded\" || this.readyState == \"complete\")) {sdpVoltax[\"01eqbvhghtkmz2182d-3168\"].initializePlayer( {\"id\":\"01hw8ajymv7hajvtfaf0\",\"playlist_id\":\"01eqbwens7sctqdrqg\",\"player_id\":\"01eqbvhghtkmz2182d\",\"type\":\"video\",\"image\":\"https:\\\/\\\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\\\/image\\\/upload\\\/video\\\/thumbnail\\\/mmplus\\\/01hw8ajymv7hajvtfaf0\\\/01hw8ajymv7hajvtfaf0-ae8287982c96f3b2971a03022c745508.jpg\",\"container_id\":\"01eqbvhghtkmz2182d-3168\"});done = true; sc.onload = sc.onreadystatechange = null; }};scCnter.appendChild(sc);})();"var sdpVoltax = window.sdpVoltax || []; sdpVoltax["01eqbvhghtkmz2182d-3168"] = sdpVoltaxPlayerHandler().start("01eqbvhghtkmz2182d-3168"); Email Sign up Like this article? Sign up for the Cowboys Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning An error has occured Please re-enter your email address. Thanks for signing up! You'll now receive the top Cowboys Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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