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Can Jake Ferguson Earn New Dallas Cowboys Contract In 2025?

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Adam Schultz | Last updated Jul 14, 2025 8:47 AM ET

The 2025 season will be a defining one for Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson as he looks to bounce back from a poor year.

Thought to be ready to take his game to the next level, injury, concussion, and a quarterback change saw the "big biscuit" fail to replicate his Pro Bowl form, and now, as he enters a contract year, it's gut-check time for No. 87.

And he knows it, stating last month, "I definitely wasn't satisfied with how I played last year," and with just 494 yards and zero touchdowns, it's easy to see why.

But as we turn our attention to Oxnard in a couple of weeks, given that Jake is in a contract year, will he earn another crack at it with Dallas?

We don't have to look too far back to say that it might not be an easy task.

Former Dallas tight end Dalton Schultz was in a similar position to Ferguson at the end of 2022, and he was more consistent.

Schultz posted yards totals of 615, 808, and 577 in his final three years, along with 17 touchdowns, plus in the playoffs in 2022, posted 122 yards and three touchdowns in two games.

And he didn't get a new deal.

Now, Schultz signed a three-year, $36 million contract with the Houston Texans, averaging $12 million APY, and puts him in the top 10 highest-paid tight ends in football.

Will Dallas do something similar if Ferguson has another Pro Bowl season? We can't see the Cowboys paying $10 million APY or more, but this is a new regime, so who knows? But we get the sense Ferguson is going to have to have a career year for it to even be a consideration.

He's got the talent, but so did Schultz.

Can Ferguson do something Dalton couldn't and get a second contract?

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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