CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals and center Ted Karras have agreed on a one-year contract extension, the team announced on Friday.

Karras will stay a Bengal through the 2026 season under the new contract. The same thing happened last year, when the Bengals and Karras agreed on a one-year extension for the current season.

"I want to play for as long as they'll have me and then I'll play one more," said Karras of that contract last year. "That's kind of been my thought process in this league."

Karras joined the Bengals in 2022 as an unrestricted free agent. Since then, he's started in all 53 games he's played in for the Bengals and has lined up for 99.5% of the team's offensive snaps, the team said.

The center player has also won the hearts of Cincinnatians through his philanthropic w

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