Green Bay Packers guard Sean Rhyan (75) on the sideline against the Detroit Lions during a fame in Detroiton Nov. 27.(AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)

Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Sean Rhyan has agreed to terms on a three-year, $33 million contract extension with a maximum value of $39 million and a signing bonus of $11 million, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the Packers haven’t yet announced the extension.

This move comes just before Ryan could have entered unrestricted free agency. The 2022 third-round pick from UCLA has started 28 regular-season games and two playoff games for the Packers over the past two years.

Rhyan opened the 2025 season as Green Bay’s starting right guard, then started rotating with Jordan Morgan at that spot before moving to center after Elgton Jenkins suffered a season-ending ankle injury. He ended up starting 11 games — seven at center and four at right guard.

That followed a 2024 season in which he started each of the Packers’ 17 games at right guard.

The 25-year-old Rhyan has developed into a reliable part of Green Bay’s offensive line after his career got off to an inauspicious start. He appeared in only one game as a rookie and was suspended for the last six games of that season after violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers.

While Rhyan’s extension assures the Packers will keep one of their potential free-agent offensive linemen, they still face the possibility of losing left tackle Rasheed Walker. The 2022 seventh-round pick from Penn State appears headed to free agency after starting 48 games over the past three seasons.

Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Colts have agreed to trade Pro Bowl linebacker Zaire Franklin to the Green Bay Packers for defensive tackle Colby Wooden, a person with knowledge of the deal confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday.

Franklin, a multi-year team captain, has been one of the league’s top tacklers each of the past four seasons, setting single-season franchise records with 179 tackles in 2023 and an NFL-leading 173 tackles in 2024 — earning a Pro Bowl nod in 2024. The former Syracuse star also had 167 tackles in 2022, his first full season as a starter.

But he has only three interceptions and one fumble recovery in his eight-year NFL career.

And last season, his first working with defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo, Franklin finished with 125 tackles and two sacks in 17 games. He also had a weekly podcast that sometimes drew criticism. He was a seventh-round pick in 2018 who started his career on special teams and eventually worked his way into a starting job.

Franklin fills a need for Green Bay, which is expected to lose starting linebacker Quay Walker when free agency opens this week. Walker led the Packers in tackles each of his four NFL seasons including a a career-high 128 tackles in 2025, and he has had 2 ½ sacks each of the past three years.

Wooden gives the Colts a younger, big body on the interior line and will be part of the revamping of the front seven Colts general manager Chris Ballard already has said needs to get younger, faster and more productive.

The 25-year-old former Auburn star started just one game over his first two seasons in Green Bay but made 16 starts last season and responded with 50 tackles, including six for loss. But he had only a half sack in three NFL seasons after being selected in the fourth round of the 2023 draft.