
Darren Fells
Tight End
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 |
Statistics
Year | Games Played | Games Inactive | Snaps | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | |||||||||
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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 |