The Buffalo Bills have officially picked up the fifth-year option on the rookie contract for defensive end Greg Rousseau.
The update comes after general manager Brandon Beane stated during the NFL’s annual owners meetings in March that the team planned on doing so.
“I don’t see any reason why we wouldn’t do it,” the GM said.
The deadline for Buffalo to pick up the option on Rousseau was on Thursday. However, the option year is not until 2025.
The Bills have picked up the fifth-year option for DE Greg Rousseau.
— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) April 29, 2024
Rousseau will make $13.4 million in 2025. Under the usual parameters of his rookie deal, Rousseau will make $2.3M this upcoming season.
Rousseau, 24, was Buffalo’s first-round pick in 2021. Only prospect selected in the first round during each year’s draft have the fifth-year team option attached to their contract. All other rookie deals are four-year contracts.
Leonard Floyd led the Bills with 10 sacks in 2023, meanwhile Rousseau put up five after an eight-sack rookie year.
Floyd left Buffalo for the San Francisco 49ers in free agency this offseason. Rousseau, Von Miller and AJ Epenesa, after he re-signed this offseason, will be tasked with leading the line for the Bills off the edge next season.
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