{"id":257886,"date":"2026-08-15T03:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/15\/steelers-giving-dl-keeanu-benton-franchise-record-contract\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T03:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:25:06","slug":"steelers-giving-dl-keeanu-benton-franchise-record-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/15\/steelers-giving-dl-keeanu-benton-franchise-record-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers giving DL Keeanu Benton franchise record contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh_steelers\/44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> locked in another key member of their roster on Friday night, reportedly agreeing to terms with defensive lineman Keeanu Benton on a four-year, $72 million contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a significant deal because it keeps Benton in Pittsburgh beyond his rookie contract\u00a0and is also a record-setting contract for the franchise when it comes to defensive linemen.<\/p>\n<h2>Steelers give Keeanu Benton highest defensive line contract in franchise history<\/h2>\n<p>The $18 million average will make Benton the highest-paid defensive lineman in franchise history, putting him ahead of Cam Heyward.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Benton was a second-round pick (No. 49 overall) by the Steelers in 2023 and has become a key part of their defensive front.<\/p>\n<p>In three years, he has 7.5 sacks, nine tackles for loss and 28 quarterback hits.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 season was by far his most effective as a pass-rusher, finishing with career highs in sacks (5.5), tackles for loss (five) and quarterback hits (12).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/steelers_giving_dl_keeanu_benton_franchise_record_contract\/s1_13132_44176972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers locked in another key member of their roster on Friday night, reportedly agreeing to terms with defensive lineman Keeanu Benton on a four-year, $72 million contract extension. It&#8217;s a significant deal because it keeps Benton in Pittsburgh beyond his rookie contract\u00a0and is also a record-setting contract for the franchise when it comes to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-257886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}