ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos gave their longest-tenured player what he hoped for — the opportunity to stay with the team that drafted him.

Left tackle Garett Bolles, the Broncos’ first-round pick in the 2017 draft, has agreed to a four-year extension to remain in Denver, multiple sources said Thursday morning. Bolles himself then confirmed in a social media post on Thursday morning that a deal had been completed.

Full terms of the extension were not yet available, but sources told ESPN that Bolles’ deal was worth a total of up to $82 million, with just over $40 million in guarantees.

In a post on and training video.

Bolles, the No. 20 pick in the 2017 draft, was the first tackle the Broncos had selected in the first round since Ryan Clady in 2008. The team has also not used a draft pick to select a tackle since Bolles was selected.

Bolles had signed a four-year, $68 million contract extension in 2020 and was poised to be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. The 32-year-old has been one of the team’s most consistent players throughout his career, rarely missing training and starting all 13 games this season.

Bolles, who is the league’s seventh-ranked tackle in pass block win rate (93.2%), has started at least 16 games in a season in four previous years and has not started more than three games in a season until 2022 missed when he suffered a broken leg in the fifth game of the year.

Even Bolles himself expressed some uncertainty about his future in Denver earlier this season. He was in the final year of his contract, while the team had completed extensions with guard Quinn Meinerz, cornerback Pat Surtain II and linebacker Jonathon Cooper well before they reached free agency, and the Broncos also signed tackle Mike McGlinchey and guard Ben Powers to become highly qualified. Ending free agency deals in 2023.

Throughout his playing career, Bolles has repeatedly said that he hopes to remain a “Bronco for life” and that his family wants to stay in Denver.