The Jacksonville Jaguars are locking up the one player most fans never think about until something goes wrong.

Long snapper Ross Matiscik signed his first deal with the team as an undrafted rookie back in 2020, and Wednesday's news shows just how far he's come since.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport broke the news on X on Wednesday, with Mike Garafolo confirming the report. The Jaguars are giving Matiscik a two-year extension worth $3.8 million in new money, making him "the NFL's new highest-paid long snapper," Rapoport wrote, via X.

Matiscik has made three straight Pro Bowls and built one of the best resumes at his position in the league.

Jacksonville signed Matiscik as an undrafted free agent out of Baylor back in 2020, betting on a player nobody else wanted to use a roster spot on. Six years and three Pro Bowls later, general manager James Gladstone's front office decided he was worth locking up long term.

Matiscik was named first-team All-Pro in 2023 and 2025, with a second-team nod in 2024, three straight seasons of recognition. He played 140 special teams snaps in 2025 and finished with four tackles, tied for third among all long snappers in the league.

Since entering the league in 2020, Matiscik's 22 special teams tackles are tied for the most among long snappers anywhere in the NFL, a streak that's made him one of the most reliable specialists in football.

This isn't his first payday in Jacksonville either. Matiscik signed a five-year extension back in 2022 that was set to run through this season, so the Jaguars moved early to keep him from reaching the open market.

Matiscik has spent years building chemistry with punter Logan Cooke and kicker Cam Little, and that work showed up in 2025. He helped Cooke post a 43.0-yard net punting average and snapped for Little's franchise-record 140 points scored.

This deal also fits a bigger pattern. Jacksonville has made a habit of paying its own this year, from Travon Walker's four-year, $110 million extension this offseason to Jakobi Meyers' three-year, $60 million deal signed during the season.

All of this comes as Jacksonville tries to build on a 13-4 season that ended in a tough Wild Card loss to Buffalo. With training camp approaching, locking up the long snapper means one less contract situation for the front office to manage this summer.

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