Former Pro Bowl running back Aaron Jones has agreed to terms on a two-year, $20 million contract to stay with the Minnesota Vikings, a league source confirmed to The Athletic.
The deal includes $13 million in guaranteed salary.
Now entering his age 30 season, Jones was the top-ranked running back — No. 31 overall player — on The Athletic’s top 150 NFL free agent rankings. He’s coming off of a resurgent 2024 season with the Minnesota Vikings in which he started all 17 games while playing through rib and hip injuries. He missed six games due to injury during his final year in Green Bay in 2023.
Still, Jones remains a three-down bell cow when healthy and his workload last year supports as much. His 255 carries and 1,138 rushing yards were a new personal best and he surpassed 1,500 scrimmage yards for the third time in his eight-year NFL career. And while his 4.5 yards per carry average was the lowest of his career, he averaged 8 yards per reception, good for the second-highest mark over that span.
The 2017 fifth-round pick out of UTEP has accumulated 9,562 scrimmage yards (7,078 rushing) and 70 total touchdowns (50 rushing) since entering the league.
This story will be updated.
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