TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have signed wide receiver Michael Wilson to a three-year extension, the team announced Thursday.

The extension is worth $75 million and has a maximum value of $78 million, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Wilson will receive $47 million guaranteed, sources said.

“It’s awesome,” coach Mike LaFleur said Thursday. “It’s great for the Cardinals. It’s great for his teammates, this locker room. It’s good for our fanbase. Anyone that really knows Mike, I mean, you can’t help but root for the guy. So that’s awesome.”

On Thursday, Wilson said the extension was the “culmination” of everyone believing and investing in him.

“I don’t know really what to say, but just extremely humble, so much gratitude. And, for me, I don’t look at this as the end. This is the beginning of something great.”

Wilson signed his deal at the Cardinals’ practice facility in Tempe with his mother, Ngaire, and daughter in attendance. His dad was expected to fly to Arizona on Thursday night, and Wilson said he was looking forward to celebrating with a home-cooked meal by his dad and hanging out over the long weekend with his daughter and his parents.

Wilson said his journey to his new contract started long before he got to Stanford or to the Senior Bowl. He talked about his dad immigrating to the United States from Jamaica and his mom immigrating from New Zealand.

“So, this is a big win for them and for their story, more so honestly than mine, because without them, I wouldn’t have been able to achieve what I have,” Wilson said, adding that being able to take care of his daughter and family financially for the rest of their lives with this contract was an “extremely humbling and a gratifying feeling” while fulfilling his “duties as a provider and caretaker of my daughter.”

Wilson, who had a year left on his rookie deal, is now under contract through the 2029 season.

The $25 million per year rate is tied for 20th among wide receivers. The deal ranks 21st in guaranteed money and is tied for 22nd in contract value among wide receivers.

Wilson’s final average per year is almost $10 million more than what was initially offered, a source said. The deal took months because whenever Wilson’s team countered, the Cardinals would raise their offer incrementally, the source added, causing negotiations to become stale in training camp. It was Wilson who decided on a three-year contract instead of four years, according to the source.

Wilson is coming off his best NFL season in 2025, when he eclipsed 1,000 yards for the first time in his career. He finished with 1,006 yards after starting with just 52 through five games.

Talks on Wilson’s deal began earlier this offseason and included a number of offers that Wilson’s team did not deem sufficient, sources told ESPN. He described the talks as “long,” with both sides going weeks without speaking and reevaluating their stances.

Wilson said he tried to stay out of the talks as much as he could because he didn’t want the ebbs and flows of the negotiation to impact his performance on the field.

During his training camp news conference in early August, Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort did not seem optimistic a deal would get done. Wilson “definitely” wanted to get a deal done before Week 1 but remained skeptical before talks reignited Wednesday night.

“Then some things … conversations happened, tides turned and the deal happened to get done,” Wilson said. “And I couldn’t even sleep last night. I was just so excited. So yeah, I’m just so excited it got done.”

Wilson, 26, always believed the market would dictate his contract.

“I think if you look at the market and guys who have eclipsed 1,000 yards who are outside players, what those guys are getting paid and where that puts you amongst receivers, I think the market speaks for itself,” Wilson told ESPN in June. “And I think outside receivers who have gotten 1,000 yards, they’re being compensated what the market dictates.”

The Cardinals’ third-round draft pick in 2023, Wilson becomes the sixth wide receiver in his draft class to sign an extension. He is the third among them, along with Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Zay Flowers, to have a 1,000-yard season.

“It’s awesome for the organization,” LaFleur said. “Now you put all that aside and you just say the football player, this is a special player who I don’t even think has even come close to reaching how good he could be.”