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Alaina GetzenbergESPN
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills reached agreement with kicker Tyler Bass on a four-year extension that keeps him with the team through the 2027 season, sources confirmed to ESPN.
The deal is worth up to $21 million with $12.3 million guaranteed, sources said.
Bass, 26, was going into the final year of his rookie deal with the Bills and would have hit free agency in 2024. The deal will make him the fourth-highest-paid kicker in average annual value, according to Roster Management.
A Georgia Southern product, Bass was drafted by Buffalo in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft. He has been the Bills’ kicker in every game since, making 85.6% of his career kicks and 97.5% of PATs.
In each of the past two seasons, Bass has made over 87% of his kicks. He has never missed more than two PATs in a season and made all 51 of his regular-season PATs in 2021. He ranked 12th among kickers with more than 10 attempts in accuracy in 2022 (87.1%).
Bass has shown the ability to kick consistently despite the tough conditions that the lake wind and often lake-effect snow bring to Highmark Stadium. He also has had success at the end of the season, with his highest field goal accuracy percentages coming in December (89.5%) and January (100%). In his career, Bass, the first member of the Bills’ 2020 draft class to be extended, has missed only four fourth-quarter or overtime kicks (24-of-28), including the postseason, and he has made all five of his potential game-tying or go-ahead kicks in the final two minutes of regulation or overtime. He is the first player in Bills history to score 120-plus points in three seasons.
The Bills will also have consistency at the holder position for Bass after re-signing punter Sam Martin to a three-year deal this offseason.
NFL Network first reported Bass’ extension.
