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Former Florida football tight end Kyle Pitts and the Atlanta Falcons have reached an agreement on a three-year, $54 million contract, per his agency, Athletes First.
Pitt's new contract includes $36 million in fully guaranteed compensation.
The former Gator now slots in as the third-highest annual value for a tight end at $18 million average behind the San Francisco 49ers' George Kittle with $19.1 million and the Arizona Cardinals' Trey McBride with $19 million.
Before this new contract, the Falcons used the franchise tag on Pitts for 2026, which was at $15,045,000 in annual value. Following the franchise tag, the Falcons and Pitts had until July 15 to work out a long-term extension. The new contract will now lock him up until 2028.
Pitts' contract news comes weeks after the team extended his teammate Drake London with a four-year, $141 million deal.
This past season, Pitts was second in the league in receptions with 88 and receiving yards of 928 among tight ends to add to his five touchdown catches. Last December, he had an all-time great performance by a tight end in NFL history with 11 receptions for 166 yards and three touchdowns against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With that performance, Pitts became the first tight end to reach at least 150 yards with three touchdowns in a game since Shannon Sharpe in 1996.
The Falcons drafted Pitts at No. 4 in 2021 out of Florida, in what was arguably a controversial selection at the time, as tight ends are typically not drafted that high.
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Pitt's new contract includes $36 million in fully guaranteed compensation.
The former Gator now slots in as the third-highest annual value for a tight end at $18 million average behind the San Francisco 49ers' George Kittle with $19.1 million and the Arizona Cardinals' Trey McBride with $19 million.
Before this new contract, the Falcons used the franchise tag on Pitts for 2026, which was at $15,045,000 in annual value. Following the franchise tag, the Falcons and Pitts had until July 15 to work out a long-term extension. The new contract will now lock him up until 2028.
Pitts' contract news comes weeks after the team extended his teammate Drake London with a four-year, $141 million deal.
This past season, Pitts was second in the league in receptions with 88 and receiving yards of 928 among tight ends to add to his five touchdown catches. Last December, he had an all-time great performance by a tight end in NFL history with 11 receptions for 166 yards and three touchdowns against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With that performance, Pitts became the first tight end to reach at least 150 yards with three touchdowns in a game since Shannon Sharpe in 1996.
The Falcons drafted Pitts at No. 4 in 2021 out of Florida, in what was arguably a controversial selection at the time, as tight ends are typically not drafted that high.
Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: Florida football TE Kyle Pitts signs lucrative contract with Falcons
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