The Bears have signed cornerback Kyler Gordon to a three-year contract extension worth $40 million, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Sunday. The deal will kick in after the 2025 season, tying Gordon to the organization until 2028 and making him the highest-paid nickel cornerback in the league.
With an average of $13.3 million per year, Gordon becomes the 21st-highest paid cornerback in the NFL. The 25-year-old was the first draft pick that Ryan Poles made as the Bears’ general manager in 2022.
Through his first three seasons, in the NFL, Gordon has played in 42 games, starting in 34. He has a total of five interceptions and 17 pass deflections in his time as Chicago’s primary slot cornerback.
With his instincts in coverage and his willingness to lower the shoulder in run support, Gordon has grown into becoming one of the league’s top nickel cornerbacks in the NFL. Both he and Jaylon Johnson remain locked down under contract for the last few years, giving the Bears a reliable tandem at cornerback for the foreseeable future.
Poles indicated late in March that extending Gordon would be a priority for the Bears, telling the media at NFL owners meetings that they were working through it.
“That will still be a priority,” he said. “For me, in our exit meetings at the end of last season, I told all the guys in terms of future, if it was contracts, coming back, anything like that, the important thing is I’ve got to get with our new coaching staff and kind of see how the different players fit based on the scheme.
“We’ve been able to have those conversations and I know Kyler is a guy that we want to be a part of this moving forward. So, the timing of that, I’m not sure how that all is going work out, but that is a priority.”