They have not yet done it, but according to AZCentral Sports’ Kent Somers, the Arizona Cardinals will exercise the fifth-year contract option on left tackle D.J. Humphries.

Humphries, the Cardinals’ first-round draft pick in 2015, is entering the fourth and final year of his rookie deal, but NFL teams can exercise a fifth-year option on players taken in the first round. It gives them a significant pay increase.

Arizona has until May 3 to officially pick up the extra year on Humphries’ contract.

In doing so, Humphries will be signed through 2019. His salary in 2019 will jump to more than $9.6 million.

Humphries has yet to play a full NFL season and did not appear in a game his rookie year. In 2016, he started at right tackle until Jared Veldheer got hurt. He moved to left tackle, played well and then saw his season end with a concussion. He only played in five games in 2017 because of two knee injuries.

He is expected to be completely healthy before the season begins.

The move to exercise the option is completely expected. Humphries has shown he is a very talented left tackle. On the open market as a free agent, he would command much more than what he will earn in 2019.

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