Rams sign safety Kam Curl to three-year, $36 million contract extension

Kam Curl walks off the field after a game
Kam Curl walks off the field after a gameKyusung Gong / CTK / AP

The Los Angeles Rams signed safety Kam Curl to a three-year, $36 million contract extension on Friday that holds a max value of $39 million.

Curl, 26, is coming off the best year of his career. The safety put up a career-high 122 tackles along with five pass deflections, two interceptions, and two sacks. 

His 45 receptions allowed were the fourth-fewest allowed by any safety in the league, while his 32 stops were the fifth-most, ultimately giving him the sixth-highest run defense grade (84.7) of 98 qualified safeties.

Opposing quarterbacks tossed a career-low 82.4 passer rating when targeting Curl this past season. Curl also led all safeties last year with 1,112 defensive snaps and ranked third in pass snaps (676). 

Curl got his career started with the Washington Commanders after the team selected him in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He had a standout rookie season after recording 88 tackles with three interceptions (still his single-season career best).

He would go on to put up at least 80+ tackles and one sack in each of his four seasons with the team before joining the Rams in 2024, where he has now played in every single game (34) except one.

Curl now joins his teammate Quentin Lake, who also received an extension worth three-years, $42 million back on New Year's Day.

Curl was set to become a free agent on March 11th when the free agency period began. But now, the safety tandem will continue to hold down the Rams' secondary for at least the next three years. 

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