Colts, RB Nyheim Hines Agree To Multi-Year Extension

Check off another box for the Indianapolis Colts and extensions for key players.

Just two days prior to kickoff, the Colts and running back Nyheim Hines agreed to a 3-year extension worth more than $18 million, according to ESPN's Field Yates.

The Colts and RB Nyheim Hines have agreed to a 3-year, $18.6M extension with $12M guaranteed, his agents @ed_waz & @J_App10 tell ESPN.

The $6.2M/year in new money per year makes Hines one of the top 10 highest-paid RBs in the league and ties him to Indy through 2024.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 10, 2021

Hines, who was entering the 2021 season on the final year of his rookie deal, was in search of an extension with a franchise he's grown comfortable with on and off the field, quickly and quietly becoming a valuable commodity in Frank Reich's system.

With a new contract in hand set to pay him $6.2 million in new money per year, Hines is now one of the top 10 highest paid running backs in football, matching the dual-threat skillset the diminutive runner possesses.

Now, the Colts don't have to worry about potentially losing Hines in free agency.

The fourth-year running back is coming off of a terrific 2020 season that saw him break out on the ground, rushing for a career-high 383 yards and three touchdowns on 89 carries while tying his career high in receptions with 63, adding a career-high 484 yards and four touchdowns through the air.

Hines was terrific in the Colts' playoff appearance against the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card Round, rushing for 75 yards on six carries, ripping off runs of 33 and 29 yards late in the fourth quarter, nearly willing the Colts to the upset win on the road in Buffalo.

With Hines locked up long-term, the Colts remain set at running back moving forward with Jonathan Taylor still on his rookie deal, though veterans Marlon Mack and Jordan Wilkins enter the final years of their contracts in 2020.

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