Browns Sign DT Maliek Collins To $30M Deal

The deal includes $23 million guaranteed for Collins, who was in the final year of his current deal and would have been an unrestricted free agent next year.

Collins, 31, is a former third-round pick of the Cowboys from Nebraska back in 2016. He played out the final year of his four-year, $3,550,180 contract when he agreed to a deal with the Raiders in 2020.

His stint with the Raiders lasted just one year and Collins signed another one-year deal with the Texans in free agency for the 2021 season. He returned on a two-year, $17 million deal for the 2022 season. 

Houston re-signed him to a two-year, $23 million deal before trading him to San Francisco in March 2024 in exchange for a seventh-round pick. San Francisco later restructured his deal and then released him as a cap casualty in 2025. 

Collins quickly signed a two-year, $20 million deal with the Browns after being cut. 

In 2026, Collins appeared in six games for the Browns and recorded 16 total tackles and 3.5 sacks.