FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets center Josh Myers, who has started every game after arriving nine months ago as a possible backup, was rewarded Friday with a two-year, $11 million contract extension, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler and Adam Schefter.
The deal runs through 2027 and includes $6 million guaranteed, a source told Fowler.
Myers, 27, who spent his first four seasons with the Green Bay Packers, was a bargain free-agent signing for the Jets in March at one year, $2 million.
"It meant everything for me, for them to want to commit to me early," Myers said of the extension, adding that the negotiations took less than two weeks. "The time I've had here and the relationships I've built in such a short time, it was an easy decision."
Myers competed with incumbent center Joe Tippmann throughout the preseason. Before a winner was declared, the Jets had to shuffle their offensive line due to right guard Alijah Vera-Tucker's season-ending triceps injury during the run-up to Week 1.
Tippmann shifted to right guard, with Myers taking the center position. Since then, the Jets have started the same five linemen for every game -- the only team with that distinction.
Myers, a four-year starter with the Packers, ranks ninth among centers in ESPN's pass-block win rate. He is 27th in run-block win rate.
"I feel very fortunate that he chose us, this team, and me to be his coach, to come in and battle for that spot," coach Aaron Glenn said. "He's done everything that you would want to be done as a player, going out there and practicing and the way he's carried himself in the building, outside the building. So he deserved it."
The Jets (3-10) now have four of their five starters under contract for 2026. Left guard John Simpson is a pending free agent, as is Vera-Tucker.