2017 Salary Cap Charge: $18,800,000 % of 2017 Team Cap: 11.12% 2017 Cash Payout: $12,600,000 % of 2017 Team Cash Spending: 8.03% 2017 Cash to Cap Ratio: 0.67 Total Contract Value: $87,600,000 Annual Contract Value: $21,900,000 Position Ranking: 7/138 at QB Fully Guaranteed Money: $31,700,000 Age: 28 Height: 5′ 11″ Weight: 206 College: Wisconsin Accrued Seasons: 5 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.
Current Contract Year Base Salary (Guaranteed) Bonuses Cap % Of Cap Dead Money & Cap Savings
Cut (pre-June 1) Cut (post-June 1) Trade
Prorated Roster Workout Other 2015 $700,000 $700,000 $6,354,868 $0 $0 $0 $7,054,868 4.9% 2016 $12,342,000 $12,342,000 $6,200,000 $0 $0 $0 $18,542,000 11.9% 2017 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $6,200,000 $0 $0 $0 $18,800,000 11.3% 2018 $15,500,000 $6,200,000 $0 $0 $0 $21,700,000 12.2% 2019 $17,000,000 $6,200,000 $0 $0 $0 $23,200,000 12.2% Total $58,142,000 $31,154,868 $0 $0 $0 $89,296,868
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Contract History
Career Earnings: $46,240,123 Years: 5 Career APY: $9,248,025 Team Contract Type Status Year Signed Years 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 $44,042,000 50.3% $22,021,000
Earnings By Team Team Years Salary APY Paid on Cap % Paid on Cap Paid as Dead Money % Paid as Dead Money Seahawks 5 $46,240,123 $9,248,025 $27,640,123 100.0% $0 0.0%
Salary Cap History Year Team Base Salary (Guaranteed) Bonuses Cap % Of 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 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $6,200,000 $0 $0 $0 $18,800,000 11.3% 2018 Seahawks $15,500,000 $6,200,000 $0 $0 $0 $21,700,000 12.2% 2019 Seahawks $17,000,000 $6,200,000 $0 $0 $0 $23,200,000 12.2% Total $59,720,651 $31,619,472 $0 $0 $0 $91,340,123
Traditional Statistics (2013-present) Year Games Played Passing Rushing Fumbles Comp/Att Pct Yards TD INT Sacked Rating Att Yards Avg TD Total Lost 2013 16 257/407 63.1% 3357 26 9 44 101.2 96 539 5.6 1 10 5 2014 16 285/452 63.1% 3475 20 7 42 95.0 118 849 7.2 6 11 0 2015 16 329/483 68.1% 4024 34 8 45 110.1 103 553 5.4 1 7 3 2016 16 353/546 64.7% 4219 21 11 41 92.6 72 259 3.6 1 8 2
Financial Reports Yearly Cap Charge vs. Dead Money
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Positional Comparisons to League Average
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