Jack Campbell has burst onto the scene for the Detroit Lions in 2025. After his third consecutive game with a sack (4.0 sacks on the season), along with nine tackles, the 2023 1st round draft pick is set to join Aidan Hutchinson with the next long-term extension for the Lions.
Campbell has continued to improve since coming into the NFL, emerging with 131 tackles amongst injuries running rampant throughout the Lions defense. In 2024, Campbell registered 73 tackles (1st on the team), along with adding a career high in sacks with 4.0 through eight games so far this season.
While Campbell is set to make a push for a Pro Bowl and maybe All-Pro season, his next headline might be what GM Brad Holmes decides to with Campbell's bank account. The Lions have committed over $1 billion dollars in contracts since January of 2024 through nine of their players contract extensions.
Campbell should be next man up for Lions' extensions
With the Lions not extending Alex Anzalone and essentially giving him an early severance with a contract renegotiation during the summer, the Lions seem primed to begin the process for an extension with Campbell.
The NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement dictates that the Lions can delay an extension by exercising the fifth year-option which could be between $12 to $16.5 million fully guaranteed.
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With the Lions continuing to be in "win-now" mode, and the continued trend by Holmes to sign their home grown/developed talent, Detroit will need Campbell to stay in Honolulu Blue. During this past summer, both Kelvin Sheppard and Dan Campbell spoke highly of the leadership Campbell has brought coming into this season and his connection with Sheppard.
"Jack's a player, out of everybody, he's never had any other voice in his head. He knows what I'm thinking, we're in lockstep with one another, and we spend a lot of time together, quite frankly."Kelvin Sheppard
As the Lions go into Week 10, Holmes continues to be on the "clock" to figure out how not only to extend Campbell, but also Jahmyr Gibbs, Brian Branch, and Sam LaPorta in the next several months. Whether it be fifth year options or multi year extensions, the Lions look ready to keep their core of draft picks together for the foreseeable future.