Cowboys to sign Owens on Tuesday

Jun 3, 2008 - 5:58 PM IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- Terrell Owens will get the security he was looking for.

The star wide receiver is expected to sign a four-year contract Tuesday with the Dallas Cowboys.

According to multiple sources, the Cowboys and Owens agreed Monday to a four-year deal worth $34 million, including $13 million guaranteed.

Owens and owner Jerry Jones will be present at a news conference scheduled for 5 p.m. EDT.

PA SportsTicker was unable to reach Drew Rosenhaus, Owens' agent.

Owens, who will turn 35 in December, was entering the third and final season of a $25 million contract with the Cowboys. He was scheduled to receive a $3 million roster bonus Tuesday.

The new deal will run through the 2011 season and give Owens the security that he lacked and led to messy departures with both the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles over contract demands.

Owens' deal also compares to the three-year, $27 million contract Randy Moss signed with New England in March.

In his first two seasons with the Cowboys, Owens has 166 catches for 2,535 yards and 28 touchdowns. He holds the team's single-season record with 15 TDs set last year.

Owens has 882 receptions - ninth in NFL history - in 11 seasons with the 49ers, Eagles and Cowboys.

A third-round pick of San Francisco in 1996, Owens had 129 career touchdown receptions - good for third all-time behind Jerry Rice (197) and Cris Carter (130).

Owens has hauled in at least 13 touchdown catches in seven seasons; only Rice has managed eight seasons with that many scoring passes. The combustible wideout also had eight 1,000-yard seasons, including five straight from 2000-04.

Last month, the Cowboys lavished a pair of seven-year contracts worth a reported $95 million on Pro Bowlers Marion Barber and Terence Newman, and it was expected a new deal for Owens would be forthcoming.