Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson is facing a big 2025 as he enters a contract year.
The 2025 season will be a big one for the Dallas Cowboys for several reasons with the franchise turning over a new leaf with Brian Schottenheimer and his coaching staff.
But player-wise, it is looming as a deciding one in the career of tight end Jake Ferguson.
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Coming off a season where injury and concussion derailed it, Ferguson didn’t catch a touchdown and only managed 494 yards from 59 receptions in 14 games. Yes, a large portion was with backup quarterback Cooper Rush, so the chemistry wasn’t there like it is with Dak Prescott.
But Ferguson is entering the final year of his rookie contract, and after a superb 2023 season that saw the “big biscuit” total 761 yards and five touchdowns, he needs a bounce-back season in the worst way.
Being one of the offense’s best weapons, not named CeeDee Lamb, Ferguson is playing for a contract in 2025, and we know that the Cowboys aren’t too fond of paying tight ends top money with Dalton Schultz moving on to the Houston Texans in 2023.
For Ferguson, he needs to put what was a wash of a year that was hampered by injury, concussion and seeing Prescott go down, but now he might turn the page and get back to his 2023 form.
The Cowboys, under Schottenheimer, need him once again to be a viable option in the pass game. Last season, Ferguson totaled under 25 receiving yards eight times, and that can’t happen again – especially if the Cowboys are to have a bounce-back year.
He’s coming off a poor 2024 season and is in a contract year—it’s time for Ferguson to bounce back with his Cowboys career potentially hanging in the balance.
Adam is an experienced writer and covers the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL for Athlon Sports.