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Philadelphia Eagles young stud Jalen Carter named among the NFL’s most underpaid players<\/a> originally appeared on A to Z Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter took on a full-time starting role in just his second NFL season, a tough feat for any young player.<\/p>\n

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While a big payday is surely in his future, the Eagles aren\u2019t on the hook to pay up just yet.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Bleacher Report\u2019s Alex Kay named Carter the league\u2019s most underpaid defensive tackle <\/a>in a recent breakdown of the most underpaid players at each position.<\/p>\n

“The Philadelphia Eagles leveraged one of the most ferocious defensive fronts the league has seen into a Super Bowl victory last season,” Kay wrote. “At the center of it all was Jalen Carter, the team’s standout defensive tackle who changes the game with his presence. <\/p>\n

“The 24-year-old emerged as a full-time starter during his stellar sophomore campaign. While he only amassed 4.5 sacks (down from six as a rookie), he earned Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro honors for his consistency throughout the 831 offensive snaps he saw the field for across 16 regular-season contests. <\/p>\n

“While he was an integral part of the Lombardi Trophy-winning effort, he’s being paid like a replaceable backup.”<\/p>\n

Carter is currently earning $5.5 million per year as part of his four-year, fully guaranteed rookie deal worth approximately $21.8 million, which included a $12.8 million signing bonus.<\/p>\n

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Once Carter\u2019s 2025 season wraps up, you can bet Howie Roseman will be ready to strike with an extension, one that could easily surpass the $30 million mark, according to Kay.<\/p>\n

“His contract ranks just 43rd among interior defensive linemen, well behind position leader Chris Jones and his historic $31.8 million AAV deal,” Kay wrote.<\/p>\n

“If he continues on his current trajectory, it would be shocking if Carter doesn’t become the second defensive tackle to breach the $30 million mark.”<\/p>\n

Related: NFL coach says what\u2019s holding Dallas Goedert back from being the elite tight end everyone knows he can be<\/a><\/p>\n

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This story was originally reported by A to Z Sports<\/a> on Jul 11, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles young stud Jalen Carter named among the NFL’s most underpaid players originally appeared on A to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2068],"tags":[8566,2025,2793,25,7,476,6,242,109,2476],"class_list":{"0":"post-200547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-alex-kay","9":"tag-chris-jones","10":"tag-defensive-tackle","11":"tag-eagles","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jalen-carter","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-philadelphia","16":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","17":"tag-philadelphiaeagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114838418562993048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}