The Jacksonville Jaguars have reportedly reached an agreement with long snapper Ross Matiscik on a two-year contract extension worth $3.8 million in new money, keeping one of the NFL’s elite specialists in Duval through at least the 2028 season.
Matiscik was headed into the final year of his previous four-year, $5 million deal, making him one of the more notable, yet, under-discussed contract year players on the current roster. Jacksonville quickly moved to ensure that didn’t become a storyline.
Matiscik, 29, has quietly built one of the most decorated resumes of any long snapper in the modern NFL. He earned his third All-Pro honor in 2025, as the only first-team selection on the Jaguars’ roster last year, while also adding a third consecutive Pro Bowl nod to a career that continues to set the standard at his position. Since being drafted in 2020, no long snapper in the league has recorded more special teams tackles than Matiscik’s 22, a number he shares with just one other player across the entire position group.
In 2025 alone, he logged 140 special teams snaps and finished with four tackles, a total that ranked tied for third among long snappers league-wide. But Matiscik’s impact stretches well beyond what shows up in the tackle column. Punter Logan Cooke averaged 43.0 net yards per punt last season, the fourth-best mark among AFC punters, a number that doesn’t happen without clean, reliable snaps on every single attempt. Meanwhile, kicker Cam Little made history in 2025, setting a new Jacksonville franchise record with 140 points scored, finishing fifth in the entire NFL in that category. Little’s record-setting season was built snap by snap, and Matiscik delivered on every one of them.
The best special teams units in the NFL aren’t built by accident, and Jacksonville clearly has no interest in finding out what life looks like without one of the game’s best at a position that rarely gets its due. Ross Matiscik is staying in Jacksonville.
