Texans signing Shaq Mason to 3-year, $36M extension
The Houston Texans are finalizing a three-year, $36-million extension with offensive lineman Shaq Mason, his agent told Jordan Schultz, theScore's NFL insider.
Breaking: G Shaq Mason is finalizing a 3-year, $36M extension with the #Texans, his agent @DerykGilmore of @Day1SportsEnt tells me. He gets $22M guaranteed with a $10M signing bonus.
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) May 10, 2023
Mason, who won 2 Super Bowls with the #Patriots, started all 17 games last season for the #Bucs…
The extension makes Mason the fifth-highest-paid right guard in the NFL.
The Texans acquired Mason in a trade with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March. The deal reunited him with Houston general manager Nick Caserio, who served as the New England Patriots' director of player personnel when the team drafted Mason in 2015.
Mason, 29, spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Patriots before joining the Buccaneers in 2022. He won two Super Bowl championships with New England and has averaged 14.5 starts per season since entering the league in 2015.
Mason will be part of a Houston offensive line tasked with protecting rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud in 2023. The Texans selected Stroud with the second overall pick in this year's draft.
Houston allowed 38 sacks last season, tied for 17th-most in the NFL.