Darren Fells Contract Details, Salary Cap Charges, Bonus Money, and Contract History | Over The Cap

Darren Fells

Tight End

History
Statistics

Career Earnings: $14,486,222

Career APY: $1,609,580

Total Guarantees: $7,312,500

Largest Cash Payment: $5,000,000 (2018)

Largest Cap Number: $3,600,000 (2018)

Date of Birth: April 22, 1986
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 281
College: UC Irvine
Entry: 2013 Undrafted Free Agent (Seahawks)

Contract History

Team	Contract Type	Status	Year Signed	Yrs	Total	APY	Guarantees	Amount Earned	% Earned	Effective APY
Seahawks	UDFA	Terminated	2013	3	$1,485,000	$495,000	$0	$0	0.0%	$0
Seahawks	SFA	Terminated	2013	3	$1,485,000	$495,000	$0	$0	0.0%	$0
Cardinals	Practice	Expired	2013	1	$102,000	$102,000	$0	$72,000	70.6%	$72,000
Cardinals	SFA	Expired	2014	2	$930,000	$465,000	$0	$930,000	100.0%	$465,000
Cardinals	ERFA	Expired	2016	1	$600,000	$600,000	$0	$600,000	100.0%	$600,000
Lions	SFA	Expired	2017	1	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$100,000	$1,000,000	100.0%	$1,000,000
Browns	UFA	Terminated	2018	3	$12,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,650,000	$5,000,000	41.7%	$5,000,000
Texans	UFA	Expired	2019	1	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$100,000	$1,500,000	100.0%	$1,500,000
Texans	UFA	Terminated	2020	2	$6,300,000	$3,150,000	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	63.5%	$4,000,000
Lions	SFA	Terminated	2021	1	$1,212,500	$1,212,500	$462,500	$0	0.0%	$0
Lions	SFA	Terminated	2021	1	$1,075,000	$1,075,000	$0	$0	0.0%	$0
Buccaneers	Practice	Elevated	2021	1	$252,000	$252,000	$0	$0	0.0%	$0
Buccaneers	Practice	Expired	2021	1	$252,000	$252,000	$0	$171,722	68.1%	$171,722

Earnings By Team

Team	Yrs	Salary	APY	Paid on Cap	% Paid on Cap	Paid as Dead Money	% Paid as Dead Money
Seahawks	0	$0	$0	$0	0.0%	$0	0.0%
Cardinals	4	$1,602,000	$400,500	$1,602,000	0.0%	$0	0.0%
Lions	1	$2,212,500	$2,212,500	$975,000	0.0%	$1,312,500	0.0%
Browns	1	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$3,600,000	0.0%	$1,400,000	0.0%
Texans	2	$5,500,000	$2,750,000	$5,000,000	0.0%	$500,000	0.0%
Buccaneers	1	$171,722	$171,722	$171,722	0.0%	$0	0.0%

Season History

Year	Team	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Roster Bonus	Per Game Roster Bonus	Workout Bonus		Guaranteed Salary		Cap Number	Cap %	Cash Paid
2013	Cardinals	$102,000	$0	$0	$0	$0		$0		$72,000	0.1%	$72,000
2014	Cardinals	$420,000	$0	$0	$0	$0		$0		$420,000	0.3%	$420,000
2015	Cardinals	$510,000	$0	$0	$0	$0		$0		$510,000	0.3%	$510,000
2016	Cardinals	$600,000	$0	$0	$0	$0		$0		$600,000	0.4%	$600,000
2017	Lions	$700,000	$100,000	$0	$200,000	$0		$0		$975,000	0.6%	$1,000,000
2018	Browns	$1,150,000	$700,000	$1,400,000	$250,000	$100,000		$2,550,000		$3,600,000	1.5%	$5,000,000
2019	Texans	$900,000	$100,000	$0	$500,000	$0		$0		$1,500,000	0.7%	$1,500,000
2020	Texans	$2,750,000	$500,000	$0	$250,000	$0		$1,000,000		$3,500,000	1.6%	$4,000,000
2021	Buccaneers	$252,000	$0	$0	$0	$0		$0		$171,722	0.1%	$171,722
Total		$7,384,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$1,200,000	$100,000		$3,550,000		$11,348,722		$13,273,722

Dead Money History

Team	Year	Cap Charge	Cash Paid
Browns	2019	$1,400,000	$0
Texans	2021	$500,000	$0
Lions	2021	$462,500	$137,500
Lions	2021	$425,000	$537,500
Lions	2021	$425,000	$537,500
Total		$3,212,500	$1,212,500

Statistics

Year	Games Played	Games Inactive		Snaps		Rushing				Receiving				Fumbles
Year	Games Played	Injured	Healthy	Offense	Special	Att	Yards	Avg	TD	Rec	Yards	Avg	TD	Total	Lost
2014	10	0	6	21.3%	12.4%	0	0	0.0	0	5	71	14.2	0	0	0
2015	14	2	0	60.9%	19.9%	0	0	0.0	0	21	311	14.8	3	0	0
2016	14	2	0	32.1%	4.6%	0	0	0.0	0	14	154	11.0	1	0	0
2017	16	0	0	52.7%	33.2%	0	0	0.0	0	16	165	10.3	3	0	0
2018	16	0	0	38.5%	40.0%	0	0	0.0	0	11	117	10.6	3	0	0
2019	16	0	0	69.3%	18.7%	0	0	0.0	0	34	341	10.0	7	0	0
2020	16	0	0	54.9%	17.5%	0	0	0.0	0	21	312	14.9	4	0	0
2021	9	0	1	14.9%	4.3%	0	0	0.0	0	4	43	10.8	0	0	0