Javonte Williams Re-Signs With Cowboys, Contract Details and Salary Cap Implications

Javonte Williams had the best season of his career in 2025 for the Dallas Cowboys, and now he is coming back for more.

Dallas and the running back agreed to a new three-year, $24 million contract on Saturday, the team announced.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport first reported the news.

According to Spotrac, the Cowboys had $355.3 million counting toward the salary cap in 2026 prior to the Williams deal, which already put them over the cap by $25.9 million. As a result, the team will need to find ways to get under the cap with the new league year approaching next month.

It is anything but surprising to see him return considering he told reporters in December "I love it here" when talking about playing in Dallas. "I love my teammates," he added. "I love everybody here."

It also seemed like the feeling was mutual when Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said in his year-end press conference that Williams was "at the top of our list to go out and sign."

Jones also expressed interest in re-signing the running back to a multi-year deal during that press conference.

With his contract situation now behind him, Williams will look to build on a 2025 campaign that saw him run for 1,201 yards and 11 touchdowns to go with 35 catches for 137 yards and two scores. It was the first time in his career he ran for more than 1,000 yards, and his 1,338 yards from scrimmage also marked a personal best.

Williams entered the league as a second-round draft pick of the Denver Broncos in 2021.

He ran for 903 yards in his rookie campaign and seemed to be a potential star in the making, although a knee injury limited him to just four games in 2022. The North Carolina product was solid upon his return with a combined 1,287 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground the next two seasons.

Still, his breakout was yet to come when he signed something of a prove-it deal with the Cowboys ahead of the 2025 season for one year and $3 million.

Prove it he did, and now the 25-year-old will have the opportunity to establish himself as one of the more consistent running backs in the league with the same team after agreeing to this deal.