Josh Harris signs three-year, $3.6 million contract extension

Falcons long snapper Josh Harris signed a three-year contract extension worth $3.6 million on Friday.

Harris will receive base salaries of $930,000 in 2019; $945,00 in 2020; and $960,000 in 2021. A total of $250,000 of his base salary in 2019 is guaranteed, according to NFLPA documents.

He was set to receive $805,000 in 2018, but the new deal gave him an additional $826,176 in base salary.

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