Age: 29
Free Agency: 2027 (Void)
Accrued Seasons: 6
- Height: 6'4"
- Weight: 250
- College: Mississippi
- Entry: 2019 Draft, Round 3, #96 overall (Bills)
- 2025 Salary Cap Charge: $14,568,000 (5.32% of cap)
- 2025 Cash Payout: $9,500,000 (4.25% of spending)
- 2025 Cash to Cap Ratio: 0.65
- Contract Value: $29,500,000 ($9,833,333 APY)
- Fully Guaranteed Money: $12,750,000
- Contract Ranking: 13/157 at TE
Current Contract
(Other, signed 2024)
(📝: indicates contract trigger occuring during that year)Year | Age | Base Salary | Prorated Signing Bonus | Roster Bonus | Workout Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Dead Money & Cap Savings | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular | Per Game | |||||||||||||
2024 | 28 | $2,410,000 | $5,068,000 | $0 | $0 | $250,000 | $2,410,000 | $7,728,000 | 3.0% | |||||
2025
February 10: Injury guarantee vests
| 29 | $9,250,000 | $5,068,000 | $0 | $0 | $250,000 | $8,750,000 | $14,568,000 | 5.3% | |||||
2026
March 18: Roster Bonus due
| 30 | $9,910,000 | $5,068,000 | $1,500,000 | $340,000 | $250,000 | $0 | $17,068,000 | 5.9% | |||||
2027
February 20: Contract voids
| 31 | Void | $1,168,000 | Void | Void | Void | Void | $2,336,000 | 0.7% | |||||
2028 | 32 | Void | $1,168,000 | Void | Void | Void | Void | $0 | -- | |||||
Total | $21,570,000 | $17,540,000 | $1,500,000 | $340,000 | $750,000 | $11,160,000 | $41,700,000 |
Contract Notes
Dawson Knox signed a four year, $52 million contract extension with the Bills. Knox received $31.2M in guarantees. Know will earn a $7 million signing bonus and his 2022 and 2023 salaries are fully guaranteed. There is also a guaranteed $10 million option bonus due in 2023. $340,000 per year is tied to being active on gameday.
Knox agreed to a renegotiated contract in 2024, reducing his compensation from 2024 to 2026 by $4.5 million in return for $17 million in guarantees. The new contract reduced Knox's 2024 salary cap number by $6.57 million. Knox has a partial guarantee on his 2025 salary and he will earn a full guarantee on the entire salary if on the roster on the 5th day of the 2025 league year.
Cash Flows
2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
---|---|---|---|
Cash Due | $8,500,000 | $9,000,000 | $12,000,000 |
Running Cash | $8,500,000 | $17,500,000 | $29,500,000 |
Career Earnings: $32,342,180
Career APY: $5,390,363
Contract History
Team | Contract Type | Status | Year Signed | Yrs | Total | APY | Guarantees | Amount Earned | % Earned | Effective APY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bills | Drafted | Extended | 2019 | 4 | $3,521,600 | $880,400 | $822,180 | $2,902,180 | 82.4% | $967,393 |
Bills | Extension | Renegotiated | 2022 | 4 | $52,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $19,920,000 | $20,440,000 | 39.3% | $10,220,000 |
Bills | Other | Active | 2024 | 3 | $29,500,000 | $9,833,333 | $12,750,000 | $9,000,000 | 30.5% | $9,000,000 |
Earnings By Team
Team | Yrs | Salary | APY | Paid on Cap | % Paid on Cap | Paid as Dead Money | % Paid as Dead Money |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bills | 6 | $32,342,180 | $5,390,363 | $19,450,180 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Season History
Year | Team | Base Salary | Prorated Bonus | Option Bonus | Roster Bonus | Per Game Roster Bonus | Workout Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Cash Paid | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Bills | $495,000 | $205,545 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $700,545 | 0.4% | $1,317,180 | ||
2020 | Bills | $675,000 | $205,545 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $30,000 | $0 | $910,545 | 0.4% | $705,000 | ||
2021 | Bills | $850,000 | $205,545 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $30,000 | $0 | $1,085,545 | 0.6% | $880,000 | ||
2022 | Bills | $965,000 | $1,605,545 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $30,000 | $965,000 | $2,600,545 | 1.2% | $7,995,000 | ||
2023 | Bills | $1,955,000 | $1,400,000 | $2,500,000 | $0 | $340,000 | $250,000 | $1,955,000 | $6,425,000 | 2.8% | $12,445,000 | ||
2024 | Bills | $2,410,000 | $5,068,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $250,000 | $2,410,000 | $7,728,000 | 3.0% | $9,000,000 | ||
2025 | Bills | $9,250,000 | $5,068,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $250,000 | $8,750,000 | $14,568,000 | 5.3% | $9,500,000 | ||
2026 | Bills | $9,910,000 | $5,068,000 | $0 | $1,500,000 | $340,000 | $250,000 | $0 | $17,068,000 | 5.9% | $12,000,000 | ||
2027 | Bills | $1,345,000 | $1,168,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,336,000 | 0.7% | $0 | ||
2028 | Bills | $15,000,000 | $1,168,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -- | $0 | ||
Total | $42,855,000 | $21,162,180 | $2,500,000 | $1,500,000 | $680,000 | $1,090,000 | $14,080,000 | $53,422,180 | $53,842,180 |
Statistics
Year | Games Played | Games Inactive | Snaps | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Injured | Healthy | Offense | Special | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | Total | Lost | ||
2019 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 60.0% | 18.4% | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 28 | 388 | 13.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 44.8% | 8.1% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 24 | 288 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 76.5% | 4.1% | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 49 | 587 | 12.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 76.0% | 1.2% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 48 | 517 | 10.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.8% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 | 186 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 56.8% | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 | 311 | 14.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Valuation Diamond
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OTC Valuation | APY | |
---|---|---|
Regular | $4,476,000 | $9,833,333 |
Injury Adjusted | $4,476,000 | $9,833,333 |
Weekly Valuation Trends
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