The Miami Dolphins and defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah have reached agreement on a four-year, $65 million deal that includes $32 million fully guaranteed at signing, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Ogbah was the Dolphins’ priority to re-sign among their own free agents after they used the franchise tag on tight end Mike Gesicki last week.
After stints with the Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs to begin his career, Ogbah came into his own during the past two seasons with the Dolphins, recording back-to-back nine-sack campaigns.
He won 14.4% of his pass rushes over the past two seasons, the 22nd-best mark of any NFL defensive lineman. His 18 sacks rank fifth of any defensive lineman since he signed with the Dolphins in 2020, and his 48 disruptive dropbacks (sacks plus interceptions plus batted passes plus passes defended) are the most in the league.
Ogbah is highly effective at the line of scrimmage, batting down 30 passes since 2020; the next-closest defensive lineman in the league during that span has 21.
Ogbah, who turned 28 in November, was drafted out of Oklahoma State by the Browns in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft.
ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques contributed to this report.
Source : ESPN
