Buffalo Bills Extend Greg Rousseau’s Contract, Keeping Him Through 2029

The Bills are holding onto Greg Rousseau, keeping him in Buffalo for the long term.

Rousseau and the Buffalo Bills reached a four-year, $80 million extension, with $54 million guaranteed, his agent, Joe Segal of WME Football tells uSports.

Rousseau, the Bills’ 2021 first-round pick, was initially slated to play under his fifth-year option, but his extension keeps him in Buffalo through 2029.

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Rousseau is the third Bills draft pick in two weeks – alongside Khalil Shakir and Terrel Bernard – to ink an extension through 2029.

Over four seasons with the Bills, Rousseau has racked up 25 sacks, 15 pass deflections and 66 quarterback hits. He finished last season with 53 pressures, the fourth-highest total in the NFL. He is one of only seven players who recorded a 25% run stop win rate and a 15% pass rush win rate (minimum 400 pass rush attempts).

“I thought Greg did a nice job, had some good games for us, still showed some ascension,” Brandon Beane, the Bills’ general manager said during the NFL draft combine. “I don’t think he’s necessarily peaked out or anything. I think Greg needs to continue to take another step. We would like to see Greg be a double-digit sack player, and you need, you got to get that quarterback down. I know he would want that too, but I thought Greg was really one of our most consistent D-linemen all year and look forward to him going into year five. Hopefully, even taking another step for us.”

Since his arrival in 2021, Rousseau has been the Bills’ leader in quarterback hits, sacks, and deflected passes. He finished last season tying his career with eight sacks and set a new record with 24 quarterback hits.

James Cook and Christian Benford are also up for extensions. The team is working to meet the salary cap requirement by the start of the league year on Wednesday.