2018 Salary Cap Charge: $23,786,764 % of 2018 Team Cap: 13.39% 2018 Cash Payout: $15,500,000 % of 2018 Team Cash Spending: 10.64% 2018 Cash to Cap Ratio: 0.65 Total Contract Value: $87,600,000 Annual Contract Value: $21,900,000 Position Ranking: 2/67 at QB Fully Guaranteed Money: $31,700,000 Age: 29 Height: 5' 11" Weight: 206 College: Wisconsin Accrued Seasons: 6 Entry: 2012 Draft, Round 3, #75 overall (Seahawks) Year Signed: 2015 Contract Type: Extension Free Agency: 2020 (UFA)
Contract Notes
Russell Wilson signed a four year contract extension with the Seahawks worth $87.6 million on July 31, 2015. According to SI's Peter King, Wilson received a $31 million signing bonus. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com
the following tweet has the breakdown of the Wilson extension which we are using to estimate the cap charges at the moment. Wilson received $31.7 million fully guaranteed upon signing. His 2016, 2017, and $4.9 million of his 2018 salary are guaranteed for injury and will become fully guaranteed on the 5th day of the waiver period in each year. The total guarantee is $61.542 million.
Per Andrew Brandt,
Wilson converted $6.26 million of his 2017 salary to a signing bonus to create about $4.17 million in cap space and increasing each of the final two years of his contract by $2.08 million. We will update his cap charges further after clarifying the full details of the restructure.
Current Contract Year Age Base Salary (Guaranteed) Bonuses Cap Cap % Dead Money & Cap Savings
Cut (pre-June 1) Cut (post-June 1) Trade (pre-June 1) Trade (post-June 1) Restructure Extension
Prorated Roster Workout Other 2015 27 $700,000 $700,000 $6,354,868 $0 $0 $0 $7,054,868 4.9% 2016 28 $12,342,000 $12,342,000 $6,200,000 $0 $0 $0 $18,542,000 11.9% 2017 29 $775,000 $6,340,000 $8,286,764 $0 $0 $0 $14,626,470 8.8% 2018 30 $15,500,000 $4,900,000 $8,286,764 $0 $0 $0 $23,786,764 13.4% $21,473,530
$13,186,764
$16,573,530
$8,286,764
$0
$0
$2,313,234
$10,600,000
$7,213,234
$15,500,000
$7,355,000
$11,768,000
2019 31 $17,000,000 $8,286,766 $0 $0 $0 $25,286,766 13.3% $8,286,766
$8,286,766
$8,286,766
$8,286,766
$0
$0
$17,000,000
$17,000,000
$17,000,000
$17,000,000
$0
$12,956,000
Total $46,317,000 $37,415,162 $0 $0 $0 $89,296,868
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Contract History
Career Earnings: $58,840,123 Years: 6 Career APY: $9,806,687 Team Contract Type Status Year Signed Yrs Total APY Amount Earned % Earned Effective APY Seahawks Drafted Renegotiated 2012 4 $2,996,774 $749,194 $2,198,123 73.3% $732,708 Seahawks Extension Active 2015 4 $87,600,000 $21,900,000 $56,642,000 64.7% $18,880,667
Earnings By Team Team Yrs Salary APY Paid on Cap % Paid on Cap Paid as Dead Money % Paid as Dead Money Seahawks 6 $58,840,123 $9,806,687 $42,266,593 0.0% $0 0.0%
Salary Cap History Year Team Base Salary (Guaranteed) Bonuses Cap Cap % Prorated Roster Workout Other 2012 Seahawks $390,000 $154,868 $0 $0 $0 $544,868 0.5% 2013 Seahawks $526,217 $154,868 $0 $0 $0 $681,085 0.6% 2014 Seahawks $662,434 $154,868 $0 $0 $0 $817,302 0.6% 2015 Seahawks $700,000 $700,000 $6,354,868 $0 $0 $0 $7,054,868 4.9% 2016 Seahawks $12,342,000 $12,342,000 $6,200,000 $0 $0 $0 $18,542,000 11.9% 2017 Seahawks $775,000 $6,340,000 $8,286,764 $0 $0 $0 $14,626,470 8.8% 2018 Seahawks $15,500,000 $4,900,000 $8,286,764 $0 $0 $0 $23,786,764 13.4% 2019 Seahawks $17,000,000 $8,286,766 $0 $0 $0 $25,286,766 13.3% Total $47,895,651 $37,879,766 $0 $0 $0 $91,340,123
Statistics (2014-present) Year Games Played Snaps Passing Rushing Fumbles Offense Special Comp/Att Pct Yards TD INT Sacked Rating Att Yards Avg TD Total Lost 2014 16 99.7% 0.0% 285/452 63.1% 3475 20 7 42 95.0 118 849 7.2 6 11 0 2015 16 97.2% 0.0% 329/483 68.1% 4024 34 8 45 110.1 103 553 5.4 1 7 3 2016 16 95.2% 0.0% 353/546 64.7% 4219 21 11 41 92.6 72 259 3.6 1 8 2 2017 16 99.5% 0.0% 321/524 61.3% 3762 32 11 40 94.7 90 550 6.1 3 12 3
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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