Chris Boswell has been one of the NFL’s most consistent and clutch kickers. The Pittsburgh Steelers will now pay him like it.
On Monday, Boswell and the Steelers agreed to terms on a four-year, $28 million extension, a league source confirmed to The Athletic. The deal is nearly identical in length and total value to the one Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey signed less than a month ago. Boswell now matches Aubrey as the highest-paid kicker in NFL history.
Boswell, a two-time Pro Bowler and 2024 All-Pro, was entering the final year of the four-year, $20 million deal he signed in 2022. The new contract ties him to Pittsburgh through 2030.
Boswell, 35, joined the Steelers in 2015. Over his 11-year career, he’s connected on 87.7 percent of his field goal attempts and 95.7 percent of his extra points. He holds the franchise records for field goals in a season (41 in 2024), longest field goal (59 yards) and consecutive field goals made (25). It’s worth noting that the Steelers also play in a stadium that’s notoriously difficult for kickers.
Former coach Mike Tomlin affectionately referred to Boswell as a “serial killer” last year because of the kicker’s steady pulse in tense situations. Especially at the end of the Tomlin era, when the Steelers often got into tight, low-scoring games, having a nearly automatic kicker was especially valuable.
Boswell is in a position to solidify himself further as the greatest kicker in Steelers history. With 11 more field goals and 94 more points, he’ll pass Gary Anderson as the Steelers’ record-holder in both categories.
