Jets sign RB Breece Hall to three-year, $45.75 million extension

Antwan Staley, New York Daily News on May 8, 2026

Published in Football

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NEW YORK — Jets general manager Darren Mougey said he would address Breece Hall‘s contract situation following the draft.

He was a man of his word, because on Friday, the Jets officially inked their star running back to an extension.

Gang Green and Hall have agreed to a three-year, $45.75 million contract, sources confirm. NFL Network first reported the news of Hall’s contract extension. That now makes Hall the third-highest-paid running backin terms of annual money ($15.25 million) behind the Eagles’ Saquon Barkley and 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey.

Hall, 24, was scheduled to test free agency for the first time in his career in March. The Jets selected him in the second round in 2022, and Hall didn’t have the fifth-year option as first-round picks do.

However, ahead of free agency, the Jets placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on Hall, which ensured he would stay in a Jets uniform for another season. He was scheduled to earn $14.293 million during the 2026 season had he played on the tender.

Hall has not attended the start of the Jets’ offseason program. This is not uncommon for players who have been placed with the franchise tag.

“Shoutout everyone in my corner,” Hall said on his personal X account. ” A lot of work left to do. God Bless.”

“Cried for the first time since I tore my ACL. This day hit different for me, man.”

The plan was always to keep Hall in a Jets uniform after they decided against dealing him at the trade deadline last November, even as they traded both Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams following a 1-7 start. With two months ahead of the July 15 deadline for tagged players to sign multi-year extensions, the Jets will now keep Hall under contract until after the 2028 season.

It was smart of the Jets to get a deal done with Hall now. With Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs and Falcons running back Bijan Robinson both eligible for extensions this offseason, the price to sign Hall long-term was only going to get more expensive.

Hall is coming off a career season after finishing with 1,065 rushing yards in 2025 and was one of the few bright spots on a 3-14 Jets team. He became the first Jets running back since Chris Ivory in 2015 to finish with over 1,000 rushing yards.

Hall was one of the few offensive weapons the Jets had on a unit that finished 29th in yards and points per game a season ago. He finished with 36 receptions, which was the second most on the team. In four seasons with the Jets, Hall has 3,398 rushing yards and 27 total touchdowns.

The Jets have made several moves this offseason to rebuild an offense that finished 29th in points and yards per game. They acquired Geno Smith in a trade with the Raiders. Gang Green also selected drafting edge rusher David Bailey, TE Kenyon Sadiq, and WR Omar Cooper Jr. with its three first-round picks in last month’s draft.

With his extension now in place, Hall will be one of the chess pieces in new Jets offensive coordinator Frank Reich’s scheme.

“Listen, it’s certainly going to be no secret or surprise to say that we’re going to want to run the football, and so we’ll continue to emphasize that,” Reich said to the media on Wednesday. “And these guys ran the ball pretty well last year, so we’ll build on that. But you also have to find ways to be dynamic in the passing game and be excellent in situational football, and the way to do that is to create problems that the defenses can’t solve.”