FRISCO, Texas – The Cowboys and running back Javonte Williams have agreed to terms on a three-year, $24 million contract.
Williams, 25, signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the Cowboys going into the 2025 season. Now, after a career-best 1,201 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns, Dallas is set to keep Williams in their backfield long term.
Behind Williams, the Cowboys had the ninth-best rushing offense in the NFL, averaging 125.6 yards per game on the ground and 4.6 yards per carry.
When asked about his future during the season, Williams made clear he enjoyed Dallas and wasn't necessarily looking for the most amount of money in free agency when the time came around.
"I love it here," Williams said in mid-December. "I love my teammates, I love everybody… You don't always want to just follow money and things like that. You want to go somewhere where you can succeed and be a part of something that's special. I feel like it's very special here."
After the 2025 season concluded, the Cowboys were not shy about the fact that they wanted to keep Williams in Dallas for the future, and that it was one of the top priorities of the offseason.
"Javonte's at the top of our list to go out and sign," Cowboys COO/co-owner Stephen Jones said in early January. "We want to bring him back. We want to sign him to a multiple year deal."
And now they have. Next on the agenda offensively is WR George Pickens, and a big week in those negotiations could be coming up at the NFL Combine, a place that Jones has said in the past is a good time for teams and representatives of players to get together to begin contract negotiations. The Combine begins on Monday, February 23.
