Sources: TE Dawson Knox stays with Bills on new 3-year deal

ORCHARD PARK, NY — The Buffalo Bills discovered a option to maintain tight finish Dawson Knox On the 2026 roster amidst a troublesome cap scenario by signing him to a new three-year contract, sources informed ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Tuesday.

Knox is now underneath contract by the 2028 season.

Knox was set to account for $17.1 million in cap area this 12 months with $12 million due in money. Cutting him would have saved the Bills about $9.7 million on the wage cap.

Instead, the Bills discovered a option to maintain the seven-year veteran who desired to play and proceed working with his tight ends coach Rob Boras — who he shares a very good relationship with — and new head coach Joe Brady. Boras has additionally been promoted to the Bills run sport coordinator this offseason.

He expressed a need to stay with the Bills, nonetheless, president of soccer operations and common supervisor Brandon Beane was sincere that the cap scenario made that an unknown in the course of the workforce’s exit conferences, as he shared on former teammate Mitch Morse’s podcast.

Knox, 29, was drafted by the Bills within the third spherical of the 2019 NFL draft and has developed into an necessary a part of the workforce’s run sport and a beneficial receiving outlet for quarterback Josh Allen. He is a part of a decent finish room that’s now safe for the 2026 season, rejoining 2023 first-round choose Dalton Kincaid and final 12 months’s fifth-round choose Jackson Hawes.

The veteran tight finish was third on the workforce in receiving yards final 12 months (417) and tied for second in receiving touchdowns (4).

Knox is the most recent offensive participant the workforce has elected to re-sign, becoming a member of heart Connor McGovernwho was given a new four-year deal Saturday.