Lee Smith Contract Details, Salary Cap Charges, Bonus Money, and Contract History

Lee Smith

Tight End

2019 Salary Cap Charge: $3,500,000
% of 2019 Team Cap: 1.76%
2019 Cash Payout: $3,500,000
% of 2019 Team Cash Spending: 1.95%
2019 Cash to Cap Ratio: 1.00
Total Contract Value: $9,000,000
Annual Contract Value: $3,000,000
Position Ranking: 29/159 at TE
Fully Guaranteed Money: $4,900,000

Age: 31
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 265
College: Marshall
Accrued Seasons: 8
Entry: 2011 Draft, Round 5, #159 overall (Patriots)
Year Signed: 2019
Contract Type: SFA
Free Agency: 2022 (UFA)

Contract Notes

Lee Smith signed a three year, $9 million contract with the Bills on May 17, 2019. Smith received $4.9 million in guarantees. If Smith is on the roster on the 5th day of the 2021 league year he will receive a $250,000 roster bonus.

Current Contract

(📝: indicates contract trigger occuring during that year)

Year	Age	Base Salary	Roster Bonus	Workout Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Cap %	Dead Money & Cap Savings
2019	32	$1,900,000	$1,500,000	$100,000	$3,400,000	$3,500,000	1.9%	$4,900,000 $4,900,000 $0 $0 $0 $0	($1,400,000) ($1,400,000) $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $1,713,333 $2,056,000
2020 📝 March 22: 5th day of league year $500,000 roster bonus due	33	$2,650,000	$500,000	$100,000	$1,500,000	$3,250,000	1.6%	$1,500,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0 $0 $0	$1,750,000 $1,750,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $1,152,500 $1,844,000
2021 📝 March 17: 5th day of league year $250,000 roster bonus due	34	$1,900,000	$250,000	$100,000	$0	$2,250,000	--	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $0 $1,800,000
Total		$6,450,000	$2,250,000	$300,000	$4,900,000	$9,000,000

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Career Earnings: $14,998,282

Career APY: $1,874,785

Potential Earnings: $23,826,802

Total Guarantees: $13,442,960

Largest Cash Payment: $4,350,000 (2018)

Largest Cap Hit: $3,616,666 (2018)

Contract History

Team	Contract Type	Status	Year Signed	Yrs	Total	APY	Guarantees	Amount Earned	% Earned	Effective APY
Bills	Drafted	Expired	2011	4	$2,298,282	$574,571	$171,480	$2,126,802	92.5%	$531,701
Patriots	Drafted	Terminated	2011	4	$2,298,282	$574,571	$171,480	$171,480	7.5%	$0
Raiders	UFA	Renegotiated	2015	3	$9,100,000	$3,033,333	$3,100,000	$6,100,000	67.0%	$3,050,000
Raiders	Other	Expired	2017	1	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$1,000,000	$2,250,000	112.5%	$2,250,000
Raiders	UFA	Terminated	2018	3	$9,000,000	$3,000,000	$4,100,000	$4,350,000	48.3%	$4,350,000
Bills	SFA	Active	2019	1	$9,000,000	$3,000,000	$4,900,000	$0	0.0%	$0

Earnings By Team

Team	Yrs	Salary	APY	Paid on Cap	% Paid on Cap	Paid as Dead Money	% Paid as Dead Money
Bills	4	$2,126,802	$531,701	$2,126,802	0.0%	$0	0.0%
Patriots	0	$171,480	$0	$0	0.0%	$300,090	0.0%
Raiders	4	$12,700,000	$3,175,000	$11,966,666	0.0%	$733,334	0.0%

Salary Cap History

Year	Team	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Roster Bonus	Per Game Roster Bonus	Workout Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Cap %	Cash Paid
2011	Bills	$375,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$375,000	0.3%	$375,000
2012	Bills	$479,467	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$479,467	0.4%	$479,467
2013	Bills	$583,934	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$583,934	0.5%	$583,934
2014	Bills	$688,401	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$688,401	0.5%	$688,401
2015	Raiders	$1,500,000	$0	$1,600,000	$0	$250,000	$3,100,000	$3,350,000	2.3%	$3,350,000
2016	Raiders	$2,500,000	$0	$0	$0	$250,000	$0	$2,750,000	1.8%	$2,750,000
2017	Raiders	$1,000,000	$0	$1,000,000	$0	$250,000	$1,000,000	$2,250,000	1.3%	$2,250,000
2018	Raiders	$2,000,000	$366,666	$1,000,000	$250,000	$0	$3,000,000	$3,616,666	2.0%	$4,350,000
2019	Bills	$1,900,000	$0	$1,500,000	$0	$100,000	$3,400,000	$3,500,000	1.9%	$3,500,000
2020	Bills	$2,650,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$100,000	$1,500,000	$3,250,000	1.6%	$3,250,000
2021	Bills	$1,900,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$100,000	$0	$2,250,000	--	$2,250,000
Total		$15,576,802	$366,666	$5,850,000	$250,000	$1,050,000	$12,000,000	$23,093,468		$23,826,802

Dead Money History

Team	Year	Cap Charge	Cash Paid
Patriots	2011	$171,480	$171,480
Patriots	2012	$128,610	$0
Raiders	2019	$733,334	$0
Total		$1,033,424	$171,480

Statistics

Year	Games Played	Snaps		Receiving				Rushing				Fumbles
Year	Games Played	Offense	Special	Rec	Yards	Avg	TD	Att	Yards	Avg	TD	Total	Lost
2011	4	12.1%	0.0%	4	11	2.8	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2012	16	28.3%	40.5%	4	13	3.3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2013	16	36.9%	33.1%	5	78	15.6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2014	14	31.5%	23.7%	7	42	6.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2015	15	49.0%	26.5%	12	70	5.8	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	4	11.3%	6.6%	6	29	4.8	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2017	16	33.7%	33.2%	8	76	9.5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2018	16	27.2%	45.8%	10	73	7.3	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	2	46.9%	15.7%	1	8	8.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Financial Reports

Yearly Cap Charge vs. Dead Money (pre-June 1 cut)

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Positional Comparisons to League Average

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