Dolphins agree to contract extension with star RB De’Von Achane
New Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan said he was set on keeping star running back De’Von Achane in Miami, and he delivered. The Dolphins and Achane agreed to a four-year contract extension Wednesday evening that keeps him signed to the team through 2030 and is worth a base of $64 million and can reach $68 million with incentives, with $32 million guaranteed, according to a league source. On a per-year basis, that puts Achane third among NFL running backs, behind the Philadelphia Eagles’ Saquon Barkley and San Francisco 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey.
The deal gets done before Miami begins voluntary organized team activities Monday. Achane has not been present though the first two phases of the Dolphins’ voluntary offseason workout program, as he and his agency negotiated the extension. It also comes within the week that the New York Jets secured their running back, Breece Hall, to a three-year $45.
5 million deal. Achane was the Dolphins’ lone Pro Bowl player in 2025, rushing for 1,350 yards, which is third-most in Dolphins history behind Ricky Williams’ 2002 and 2003 seasons. In three seasons in Miami since he was drafted in the third round in 2023 out of Texas A&M, Achane, also a valued pass-catcher, has accumulated 3,057 rushing yards, 172 receptions, 1,277 receiving yards and 35 total touchdowns.
Sullivan, who inherits Achane from the previous regime of Chris Grier and coach Mike McDaniel, has repeatedly said he views the speedster as a building block for the franchise. When the Dolphins traded wide receiver Jaylen Waddle to the Denver Broncos in March, questions began to swirl over whether Achane would be next to get sent away for draft capital in Miami’s rebuild. Sullivan, though, first pushed back on the idea the Dolphins were trying to trade him at the NFL meetings later that month, calling him a priority to get extended.
He took a more firm stance weeks later in a pre-draft press conference, stating definitively: “He’s not available for trade. ” Still on the docket for Sullivan and the Dolphins this offseason are extension talks with linebacker Jordyn Brooks and center Aaron Brewer.