Dolphins reward center Aaron Brewer with big-time contract extension

Miami Dolphins center Aaron Brewer. Isabella Frias-Imagn Images

Dolphins reward center Aaron Brewer with big-time contract extension

By Andrew Kulha | Last updated Jun 10, 2026 9:37 PM ET

The Miami Dolphins are making center Aaron Brewer one of the highest-paid players in the NFL at his position.

It's tough for the average fan to quantify what a center does. That said, there are ways to figure out who is the best down there in the trenches, and the metrics for Brewer were great in 2025.

His pass-block win rate was 10th-best among all qualified centers in the league. He also allowed just seven sacks in 1,127 pass-blocking snaps.

He was named a second-team All-Pro for 2025 and was a finalist for the Protector of the Year award.

That resume made it easy for new Miami general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and head coach Jeff Hafley to want to keep Brewer around for the foreseeable future.

On Wednesday, Brewer was given a three-year contract extension that can be worth up to $52.5 million. He'll get $37 million guaranteed and will be the fifth-highest-paid center in the NFL in terms of average annual value ($17.5 million).

Center Aaron Brewer and the Miami Dolphins reached agreement today on a 3-year, $52.5 million extension that includes $37 million guaranteed. The deal makes Brewer one of the highest-paid centers in the league in a deal done by Kyle McCarthy of Athletes First. pic.twitter.com/ZQd1FWCR7T
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 10, 2026

Aaron Brewer being rewarded for his consistency by Miami Dolphins

Consistency has been the name of the game for Brewer ever since entering the NFL as an undrafted free agent out of Texas State in 2020.

He earned a spot on the Tennessee Titans' initial 53-man roster as a rookie, and he ended up playing in 12 games in 2020, starting one. He slowly but surely worked his way up the depth chart at Tennessee and ended up starting 34 of 34 games in 2022 and 2023.

The Dolphins signed him as a free agent to a three-year, $21 million contract in March 2024, and he's started 33 games for the team in the last two seasons.

A neck injury kept him out of Miami's Week 17 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season, but before that, he had played in 75 straight NFL games with 66 consecutive starts.

Brewer is among the best of the best in the NFL, and the Dolphins are paying him as such.

Andrew Kulha

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