The Atlanta Falcons have picked up their fifth-year contract possibility on tight finish Kyle Pitts, the workforce introduced Monday.
The choice, for the 2025 season, carries a assured wage of $10.878 million. Pitts was the No. 4 total choose within the 2021 draft out of the College of Florida.
Pitts, 23, began all however two video games in 2023, catching 53 passes for 667 yards and three touchdowns on a workforce that had “poor” quarterback play, in keeping with Falcons proprietor Arthur Clean.
That got here after a torn MCL ended Pitts’ 2022 season in Week 11.
He was named to the Professional Bowl in his rookie season when he had 68 receptions for 1,026 yards and a landing. Pitts turned the one rookie tight finish in NFL historical past apart from Mike Ditka to surpass 1,000 receiving yards and the primary rookie tight finish since Jeremy Shockey in 2002 to make the Professional Bowl.
Atlanta addressed their quarterback place this offseason by signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million contract and drafting Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth total choose in final week’s draft.
The Falcons employed coach Raheem Morris, the previous defensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams, in January. The Falcons’ new offensive coordinator is Zac Robinson, a former Rams assistant.
