NFL Rumors: Matt Ioannidis, Redskins Agree to 3-Year, $21.75M Contract Extension

Defensive end Matt Ioannidis and Washington have come to terms on a three-year, $21.75 million extension to keep him in the nation's capital, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network on Thursday.

Garafolo noted that the deal contains an additional $3 million in incentives.

The 25-year-old lineman was previously only under contract for one more season and is set to make $2.025 million in 2019, according to Spotrac.

A fifth-round pick out of Temple in 2016, Ioannidis was initially waived by Washington prior to his rookie season before being re-signed to the practice squad. He was ultimately signed to the team's active roster in September 2016.

Ioannidis has since become a key member of Washington's pass rush and has shown steady improvement through his first three years in the league. He is coming off a season in which he piled up a career-high 7.5 sacks, 31 tackles and one forced fumble.

After recording 10 sacks during his four-year career at Temple, he has 12 over the last two seasons in the NFL.  

As Kareem Copeland of the Washington Post pointed out, this signing helps Washington keep a pass rush that ranked seventh in sacks (46) a season ago intact:

Ioannidis has appeared in 38 games in three seasons in Washington.