Cowboys BREAKING: Jayron Kearse Signs 2-Year Contract With Dallas

Meet Jayron Kearse, the 2022 poster guy for the upside of the system.

FRISCO - Jayron Kearse "proved it.'' And the Dallas Cowboys have sealed a deal with the free agent safety, a source tells CowboysSI.com, with a Monday agreement to a two-year deal worth $10 million.

Want a blueprint to celebrate how “prove-it” contracts and NFL free agency is supposed to work?

Meet Kearse, the 2021 poster guy for the upside of the system. ... and for 2022, a breakout player as he turns 28 who just quintupled his previous salary of $1.1 million.

Kearse

Kearse

OverTheCap.com has Kearse's valuation at $5.8 million; ProFootballFocus suggests a three-year, $15 million contract.

Based on that, Dallas "won'' the deal by a bit.

And how important is Kearse to the program?

Start with the review from former Cowboys executive and NFL.com senior analyst Gil Brandt, the Hall of Famer giving special attention to idea of the Dallas Cowboys re-signing him for 2022.

“The Cowboys are in for a tight cap situation and have 12 defenders headed for free agency, including three safeties (Kearse, Malik Hooker and Damontae Kazee). But Kearse stands apart after providing exceptional production on a one-year deal in 2021.

“Dan Quinn would surely welcome him back with open arms.”

That part about Quinn? We can confirm.

The facts of free agency, during which in 2021 a trio of safeties that landed in Dallas on short-term deals? It worked out well with Malik Hooker (who has also re-signed) and Damontae Kazee - but Kearse stood out among the group …

And not just because he’s 6-4.

Formerly mostly a special-teamer in his six previous NFL seasons, Kearse found himself in Dallas. setting career highs in tackles (101) and leading all safeties with 10 passes defensed. He became a team leader as well.

The Cowboys, in giving the journeyman a one-year deal, bargained for exactly none of that.

“I’m just being who I am, and guys pick up on that,” said Kearse during the year. “I’ve got to come in and continue to bring the energy because guys look at me as a leader.”

And more recently, Kearse spoke to 105.3 The Fan in a way suggesting his desire to return to Dallas.

"Because the strides we made in Year 1,'' he said, "it can give us a lot of upside going into Year 2, with guys being together.”

And now there will be a couple more years of Kearse in Dallas - having proven himself.

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