Von Miller is on track to keep his career going in Dallas.
The Cowboys are expected to sign the NFL’s active leader in career sacks, according to a team source who spoke to The Athletic on condition of anonymity because the deal is not yet finalized. The move would send Miller into a 15th season, though no contract terms were available.
Miller, who turns 37 later this month, already made it clear last season that retirement was not on his mind. After spending 2025 with the Washington Commanders, he said, “I think I proved to myself that I can play another year,” and added, “I want to be here (in Washington), but I’m not in a position to start making demands and saying where I want to play and where I want to be at. Whoever wants me, that’s where I’ll be.”
Washington brought him in late in the 2025 offseason with hopes of another deep playoff push behind Jayden Daniels, but that never came together. The Commanders stumbled early, injuries piled up, and the season unraveled into a 5-12 finish.
Miller’s role changed as the year wore on. He entered as mostly a third-down pass rusher, then saw that job expand out of necessity. He started three of 17 games, played 420 defensive snaps and led Washington with nine sacks - his highest total with one team since 2018.
That production also pushed him back into a familiar place near the top of the league’s sack leaderboard. Miller finished his lone Washington season ranked among the NFL’s top 10 in career sacks since the stat became official in 1982. His 138.5 career sacks are tied with former teammate and mentor DeMarcus Ware for ninth all time.
The resume is already stamped with the kind of hardware that screams Hall of Fame. Drafted by the Broncos with the second pick in 2011, Miller won Defensive Rookie of the Year and earned the first of his seven All-Pro selections. He then exploded for a franchise-record 18.5 sacks in 2012.
His biggest moment in Denver came in Super Bowl 50, when he helped beat the Carolina Panthers and took home MVP honors after piling up 2.5 sacks. The Broncos later dealt him at the 2021 deadline to the L.A. Rams, and he picked up a second Super Bowl ring there before spending the next three seasons with the Buffalo Bills.
Miller was ranked 144th on The Athletic’s list of the Top 150 free agents, the last of 19 edge defenders included.
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