Raiders ink kicker Sebastian Janikowski to four-year extension
Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski signed a four-year extension with the team on Friday that will keep the former first-round pick in Oakland until he's almost 40.
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John Breech
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Sebastian Janikowski will most likely be ending his career with the Raiders.
The 35-year-old kicker signed a four-year extension with the team on Friday, a deal that will keep Janikowski in Oakland -- or wherever the Raiders are -- until at least 2017, when he'll be nearly 40-years old.
"It's nice to have job security," Janikowski said, via the San Francisco Chronicle. "I don't have to worry about anything but kicking and winning games."
The four-year extension means Janikowski, who was in the final year of his contract, will pull in just under $19 million over the next five years, according to NFL.com. The deal includes $8 million in guaranteed money over the first two years.
Janikowski has been with the Raiders since 2000, when the team made him the 17th overall pick in the NFL Draft.
In his 13 seasons with Oakland, Janikowski has set almost every franchise record that a placekicker can possibly set, including most field goals attempted in a career and most field goals made.
With 1,389 points, Janikowski is the team's all-time leading scorer and the 24th highest-scorer in NFL history. Janikowski's 63-yard field goal against Denver in 2011 is tied for the longest kick in NFL history.
Janikowski had solid 2012 season, hitting 31 of 34 field goals with his only misses coming from 51-, 61- and 64-yards last year.
The 'Polish Rifle' is getting old, but this may not be the final contract Janikowski signs with the Raiders. In June, the veteran kicker said he wanted to play seven or eight more years. "I would love to stay here and finish my career. This is where I started and where I would like to finish," Janikowski said at the time. "I can go seven or eight years, if I stay healthy, I can keep going."
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