Seattle just paid the guy who got them 2 sacks in the Super Bowl. Derick Hall and the Seahawks agreed on a three-year, $42 million extension that can climb to $46.5 million with incentives, and $21 million is guaranteed.
That contract takes Hall through 2029. He is locked in.
The 25-year-old edge rusher was the No. 37 pick in the 2023 draft. He developed slowly his first two years and broke out in 2025. He took over the SAM linebacker role, hit double-digit sacks, and then put a bow on the season with two takedowns of New England’s quarterback in Super Bowl LX.
That kind of postseason production is exactly how you turn a second-round contract into a high-end second-contract deal.
The Seahawks are now stacking their 2023 draft class. Jaxon Smith-Njigba got his bag earlier this offseason on a four-year, $168.8 million extension that resets the market for receivers in that tier. Hall is the second 2023 pick to cash in. Both are key pieces of the team that just won a Super Bowl.
This contract is actually a bargain when you put it next to the edge market. Pass rushers under 26 who can win in Super Bowl LX moments do not come cheap. The current going rate for top edge guys is north of $30 million a year. Hall got around $14 million annually. He is not Myles Garrett yet, but he is on a Garrett trajectory and the Seahawks just bought three years of upside at a discount.
John Schneider continues to be one of the best at structuring deals like this. Hall did not hit the open market. The Seahawks did not have to outbid anyone. They paid the kid before he went to year four, locked him up before another team could disrupt, and kept the core of a championship defense together.
Mike Macdonald has to be thrilled. The Seahawks defensive coordinator turned head coach inherits a defense that has its building blocks under contract. Devon Witherspoon. Boye Mafe. Now Derick Hall. That is real continuity.
The bigger question for Seattle is what comes next. The Hall extension was the easier of the offseason calls. Quarterback contracts, secondary depth, and cap planning for the 2027 season are still ahead.
For Hall, the moment is about more than the money. Two sacks in a Super Bowl will define an early career for a long time. He went from second-round prospect to championship contributor to extension recipient in about 20 weeks. That is a hell of a stretch.
The NFC is going to be a war next year. The Rams just got Myles Garrett. The 49ers will reload. The Eagles still have their core. The Seahawks needed to make sure their best young defender was not going anywhere, and they took care of it.
The Derick Hall extension is the kind of low-drama, high-impact contract that wins seasons.
Seattle is set up to defend that ring.
A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.
