Jets make proactive decision on Breece Hall with new three-year contract

The Jets got this done early.

Charlie Baduini

New York Jets running back Breece Hall / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

After months of speculation about whether or not the New York Jets were going to extend Breece Hall or not, NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported on Friday afternoon that the Jets and Hall agreed to terms on a three-year, $45.75 million extension.

The $15.25 million annual average value makes Hall the third-highest paid running back in the league, coming in just behind Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley and San Francisco 49ers dual-threat Christian McCaffrey.

In the end, Hall gets a nice little bump from the $14.29 million he was expected to make on the franchise tag in 2026 and gets some well-deserved security for the future.

On the Jets' side of things, they keep their featured running back under contract for at least the next three seasons and take care of a homegrown talent.

Jets get Breece Hall under contract before RB market explodes

Darren Mougey and the Jets front office were incredibly wise to try to get this deal done when they did. Of course, Mougey made it clear that they would resume extension talks after the 2026 NFL Draft, but no one likely thought it would get done this soon.

It's obvious the Jets were trying to get Hall to sign on the dotted line before the running back market explodes. Why would it jump so much? Arguably, the two best backs in football are set to sign new deals this offseason, with both Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs eligible for extensions.

The Atlanta Falcons star, Robinson, is expected to ink a three-year, $56.6 million extension, per Spotrac, surpassing Hall for the third-highest paid running back in the league, but not eclipsing Barkley or McCaffrey.

Gibbs, meanwhile, is expected to come in just behind Barkley, with Spotrac expecting the Detroit Lions star to sign a three-year, $60.4 million contract, making him the second-highest-paid running back in the league.

It remains unclear when Robinson and Gibbs will get their contracts, but it's expected to happen at some point this summer. Had the Jets waited to get a deal done with Hall, his price tag would've only gone up.

Mougey and his staff in the front office were proactive when it came to Hall's contract, and that should be music to Jets fans' ears. Hopefully, every negotiation goes just as smoothly as this throughout his tenure in New York.

Charlie Baduini

Charlie Baduini covers the New York Jets as a site expert for The Jet Press and FanSided. He is a sports journalist based in Northern New Jersey with a wide variety of sports reporting experience in print and broadcast journalism. Baduini’s byline can also be seen on Heavy and The Sporting News, where he covers several teams across the NFL and NBA. His work has been featured in Heavy, Athlon Sports, The Sporting News, Yahoo Sports, MSN, and Yardbarker. He also serves as a seasonal intern for ESPN, working as a production assistant for the Heisman Trophy Ceremony every year since 2022. Baduini has been a Jets fan for as long as he can remember, with his family's fandom dating back to the 1960s when his grandfather, Louis, became a season ticket holder. His family has since held on to the tickets to this day. He is an avid fan of the New York Knicks and New York Mets.