Texans making Ka’imi Fairbairn one of NFL’s highest-paid kickers with 3-year, $15.9M extension, per reports

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The Houston Texans are keeping their kicker around for a while longer. According to multiple reports, the Texans are signing Ka’imi Fairbairn to a three-year, $15.9 million contract extension.

The deal makes Fairbairn the third-highest paid kicker in the league in terms of average annual value. His $5.3 million average checks in behind only the Ravens’ Justin Tucker ($6 million) and the Rams’ Matt Gay ($5.62 million). Fairbairn’s previous contract held an average annual value of $4.41 million, which ranked ninth in the NFL, according KPRC 2 in Houston.

Fairbairn has spent his entire seven-year career with the Texans, who signed him as an undrafted free agent out of UCLA in 2016. He spent the 2016 season on injured reserve, and has served as the team’s regular kicker since 2017.

For his career, he is 175 of 201 on field goals (87.1%), giving him the eighth-most kicks made and attempted, and the ninth-best…


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Author : Jared Dubin

Publish date : 2024-03-06 18:11:16

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