{"id":453943,"date":"2023-08-05T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T18:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=453943"},"modified":"2023-08-05T14:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T18:20:07","slug":"malik-hooker-agrees-3-year-contract-extension-with-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/malik-hooker-agrees-3-year-contract-extension-with-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"Malik Hooker agrees 3-year contract extension with Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malik Hooker has agreed personal terms with the Dallas Cowboys on a three-year contract extension, that is worth $24m.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cowboys\u2019 safety Malik Hooker is signing a three-year contract extension worth up to $24 million that includes an $8 million signing bonus paid in the next next 15 days and $16.5 million guaranteed. The deal ties him to the team through the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>His agent, David\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RaiUxObKzI\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/RaiUxObKzI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1687561259451863040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hooker had a year left in his previous two-year contract, which he signed after a 4-year stint with the Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old&#8217;s playing time has improved drastically as he recorded 31 games with the Cowboys as opposed to the 36 appearances he had with the Colts.<\/p>\n<p>His time in Indianapolis has been plagued by injuries and Hooker generally struggled to settle.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old tied Trevon Diggs for second on the club with three interceptions last season. Diggs himself signed a contract extension, worth $97m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malik Hooker has agreed personal terms with the Dallas Cowboys on a three-year contract extension, that is worth $24m. Cowboys\u2019 safety Malik Hooker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":453944,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17627],"news_category":[16703],"gn_keywords":[18361,20791],"acf":{"announce":"The deal is worth $24m","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/453943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/453943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453943"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=453943"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=453943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}