NFL free agency: Phillip Dorsett signs new contract with Las Vegas Raiders

Phillip Dorsett signed a new NFL contract ahead of the 2023 season. The former Miami Hurricanes product played for the Houston Texans last season and signed with Las Vegas Raiders, according to NFL insider Aaron Wilson.

The former first-round pick won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots during the 2019 season but bounced around the league since. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in 2015 with the No. 29 overall pick.

After his time with the Patriots (three seasons) ended in 2019, Dorsett suited up for the Seattle Seahawks (2020), Jacksonville Jaguars (2021), Seahawks again (2021) and Texas (2021 and ‘22). 

Dorsett did not play due to injury in 2020 but resumed in 2021 with the Texans, Jaguars and Seaawks. In his career, Dorsett has 124 catches, 1,634 yards, 11 touchdowns and 13.2 yards per catch.

More on the 2023 NFL offseason, free agency

The NFL 2023 calendar year is set to begin at 4 p.m. ET on March 15 when contracts running through 2022 will officially run out, making those players free agents. Prior to the beginning of free agency, teams will have a chance to designate one franchise or transition tag player, starting on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 7. Beginning March 13 through March 15 teams will be allowed a legal negotiation with players who are set to become unrestricted free agents.

In addition to NFL free agency, the new year also marks the beginning of all trades being made official by the league office. April 21 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets while April 26 marks the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets. 722 players are slated to become free agents in 2023.

More on restricted, exclusive rights free agents

Players with only three years of accredited NFL experience become restricted free agents. Their original team will have the option to apply first-round, second-round, original-round, and right-of-fight-of-first-refusal tenders on players at escalating price tags. The higher the round, the more expensive the tender amount; however, if a separate team does offer a contract and the original team does not match that round pick will be conveyed from the new team to the original team.

Right of first refusal only gives a team the option to match or not. If they don’t match, they get nothing in return. An original-round tender would send a draft pick from whatever round the player was drafted back to the original team if they chose not to match. The original team will have five days to match once a player signs an offer sheet from a new team