The Patriots and running back Rhamondre Stevenson reached agreement on a four-year extension for $36 million, including $17 million fully guaranteed, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss.was"pretty close," and, as he often has done on the field, he has pushed the deal over the goal line.
The extension continues an offseason theme for the Patriots under first-year executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf and first-year head coach Jerod Mayo. Wolf said the Patriots want to be known as a"draft and develop" team.Stevenson joined the Patriots as a fourth-round pick in 2021 out of Oklahoma. In 41 NFL games, he's totaled 2,265 rushing yards on 499 carries with 14 touchdowns.
"I think he's one of the better backs in the league, no doubt about it," Mayo said at the team's mandatory minicamp two weeks ago."I'm excited to see what he does this season, and look, he's earned everything that he gets."
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