Age: 31
Free Agency: 2025 (Void)
Accrued Seasons: 10
- Height: 5'10"
- Weight: 189
- College: Oregon State
- Entry: 2014 Draft, Round 1, #20 overall (Saints)
- 2024 Salary Cap Charge: $10,000,000 (3.85% of cap)
- 2024 Cash Payout: $8,000,000 (2.92% of spending)
- 2024 Cash to Cap Ratio: 0.80
- Contract Value: $20,000,000 ($10,000,000 APY)
- Fully Guaranteed Money: $12,000,000
- Contract Ranking: 35/310 at WR
Current Contract
(Other, signed 2023)
(📝: indicates contract trigger occuring during that year)| Year | Age | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Dead Money & Cap Savings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30 | $4,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 2.6% | |||||
| 2024 | 31 | $8,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $0 | $10,000,000 | 3.8% | |||||
| 2025
February 20: Contract voids
| 32 | Void | $2,000,000 | Void | $4,000,000 | 1.3% | |||||
| 2026 | 33 | Void | $2,000,000 | Void | $0 | 0.0% | |||||
| Total | $12,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $20,000,000 | |||||||
Contract Notes
Brandin Cooks signed a 2 year extension on April 13, 2022 worth $39,764,706 in new money with $36 million fully guaranteed at signing. Cooks can earn an additional $3 million roster bonus on the 5th day of the 2024 league year. Cooks has $500,000 (paid $29,412 per game active) roster bonus pay in each year of the contract. The extension provides Houston with $5.901 million in 2022 cap savings.
Cash Flows
| 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cash Due | $12,000,000 | $8,000,000 |
| Running Cash | $12,000,000 | $20,000,000 |
Career Earnings: $108,371,864
Career APY: $10,837,186
Contract History
| Team | Contract Type | Status | Year Signed | Yrs | Total | APY | Guarantees | Amount Earned | % Earned | Effective APY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rams | Drafted | Renegotiated | 2014 | 4 | $8,383,452 | $2,095,863 | $7,601,853 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
| Saints | Drafted | Traded | 2014 | 4 | $8,383,452 | $2,095,863 | $7,601,853 | $6,820,254 | 81.4% | $2,273,418 |
| Patriots | Drafted | Traded | 2014 | 4 | $8,383,452 | $2,095,863 | $7,601,853 | $1,563,198 | 18.6% | $1,563,198 |
| Texans | Extension | Extended | 2018 | 5 | $81,000,000 | $16,200,000 | $20,459,000 | $21,147,059 | 26.1% | $10,573,530 |
| Rams | Extension | Traded | 2018 | 5 | $81,000,000 | $16,200,000 | $20,459,000 | $38,459,000 | 47.5% | $19,229,500 |
| Texans | Extension | Traded | 2022 | 2 | $39,764,706 | $19,882,353 | $36,000,000 | $18,382,353 | 46.2% | $18,382,353 |
| Cowboys | Other | Active | 2023 | 2 | $20,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 60.0% | $12,000,000 |
Earnings By Team
| Team | Yrs | Salary | APY | Paid on Cap | % Paid on Cap | Paid as Dead Money | % Paid as Dead Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rams | 2 | $42,459,000 | $21,229,500 | $20,659,000 | 0.0% | $21,800,000 | 0.0% |
| Saints | 3 | $6,820,254 | $2,273,418 | $5,715,990 | 0.0% | $1,104,264 | 0.0% |
| Patriots | 1 | $1,563,198 | $1,563,198 | $1,563,198 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
| Texans | 3 | $45,529,412 | $15,176,471 | $23,396,906 | 0.0% | $22,220,741 | 0.0% |
| Cowboys | 1 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Season History
| Year | Team | Base Salary | Prorated Bonus | Roster Bonus | Per Game Roster Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Cash Paid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Saints | $420,000 | $1,104,264 | $0 | $0 | $420,000 | $1,524,264 | 1.1% | $4,837,056 | ||
| 2015 | Saints | $801,066 | $1,104,264 | $0 | $0 | $801,066 | $1,905,330 | 1.3% | $801,066 | ||
| 2016 | Saints | $1,182,132 | $1,104,264 | $0 | $0 | $1,182,132 | $2,286,396 | 1.5% | $1,182,132 | ||
| 2017 | Patriots | $781,599 | $0 | $781,599 | $0 | $1,563,198 | $1,563,198 | 0.9% | $1,563,198 | ||
| 2018 | Rams | $4,000,000 | $1,400,000 | $0 | $0 | $4,000,000 | $5,400,000 | 3.0% | $11,000,000 | ||
| 2019 | Rams | $1,000,000 | $4,800,000 | $9,459,000 | $0 | $10,459,000 | $15,259,000 | 8.1% | $27,459,000 | ||
| 2020 | Texans | $8,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | 3.7% | $8,000,000 | ||
| 2021 | Texans | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $147,059 | $500,000 | $0 | $5,647,059 | 2.9% | $13,147,059 | ||
| 2022 | Texans | $1,168,889 | $8,110,370 | $0 | $500,000 | $1,168,889 | $9,749,847 | 4.6% | $18,382,353 | ||
| 2023 | Cowboys | $4,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $4,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 2.6% | $12,000,000 | ||
| 2024 | Cowboys | $8,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10,000,000 | 3.8% | $8,000,000 | ||
| 2025 | Cowboys | $15,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,000,000 | 1.3% | $0 | ||
| 2026 | Cowboys | $15,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 | ||
| Total | $61,853,686 | $28,123,162 | $10,387,658 | $1,000,000 | $31,594,285 | $71,335,094 | $106,371,864 | ||||
Statistics
| Year | Games Played | Games Inactive | Snaps | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injured | Healthy | Offense | Special | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | Total | Lost | ||
| 2014 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 46.8% | 8.3% | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 1 | 53 | 550 | 10.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 82.8% | 0.9% | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | 84 | 1138 | 13.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 76.5% | 0.8% | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 78 | 1173 | 15.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 92.6% | 0.4% | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | 60 | 1003 | 16.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 89.9% | 0.6% | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 1 | 80 | 1204 | 15.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 63.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 0 | 42 | 583 | 13.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 81.8% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 81 | 1150 | 14.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 78.0% | 0.0% | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 90 | 1037 | 11.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 61.8% | 0.0% | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 57 | 699 | 12.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 68.3% | 0.2% | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 54 | 657 | 12.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.7% | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 9 | 91 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Valuation Diamond
The diamond is a scatterplot graph that visualizes the relation of the player's APY (in green) and performance (in blue, as measured by OTC's Valuations) to the rest of the league at his position. To understand how to read the diamond, read this explainer.
| OTC Valuation | APY | |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | $9,947,000 | $10,000,000 |
| Injury Adjusted | $9,947,000 | $10,000,000 |
Weekly Valuation Trends
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