Zack Martin

Right Guard

Age: 34
Free Agency: 2025 (Void)
Accrued Seasons: 10
  • 2024 Salary Cap Charge: $15,500,000 (5.97% of cap)
  • 2024 Cash Payout: $18,000,000 (10.02% of spending)
  • 2024 Cash to Cap Ratio: 1.16
  • Contract Value: $36,850,000 ($18,425,000 APY)
  • Fully Guaranteed Money: $36,850,000
  • Contract Ranking: 3/74 at RG

Current Contract

(Other, signed 2023)
(📝: indicates contract trigger occuring during that year)
YearAgeBase SalaryProrated Signing BonusGuaranteed SalaryCap
Number
Cap %
Dead Money & Cap Savings
202333$1,250,000$10,500,000$1,250,000$11,750,0005.1%
202434$1,750,000$13,750,000$1,750,000$15,500,0006.0%
2025 📝
March 15: Contract voids
35$1,255,000$9,400,000Void$10,655,0004.1%
202636$40,000,000$9,400,000Void$17,060,0006.0%
202737Void$4,410,000Void$00.0%
202838Void$3,250,000Void$0--
Total$44,255,000$50,710,000$3,000,000$54,965,000

Contract Notes

Zack Martin signed a revised 2 year contract with the Dallas Cowboys on August 15, 2023. Details from Todd Archer of ESPN. Martin received $5.8 million signing bonus and two years fully guaranteed salary. The total contract value is $36.85 million, including $11.8 million from a previous contract restructure earlier in the offseason.

The Cowboys restructured the contract in 2024, converting $16.25 million into a signing bonus to create $13 million in cap room for the Cowboys. Martin's contract is now also structured to allow the Cowboys to designate Martin a June 1 cut in 2025 for salary cap purposes rather than having his contract expire.

Cash Flows

- fully earned money
- unearned or partially earned money
$18.4M
$36.9M
20232024
Cash Due$18,850,000$18,000,000
Running Cash$18,850,000$36,850,000
Career Earnings: $93,658,798
Career APY: $9,365,880
Potential Earnings: $111,658,798
Total Guarantees: $77,817,798
Largest Cash Payment: $22,000,000 (2018)
Largest Cap Number: $17,060,000 (2026)

Contract History

TeamContract TypeStatusYear SignedYrsTotalAPYGuaranteesAmount Earned% EarnedEffective APY
CowboysDraftedRenegotiated20144$8,967,798$2,241,950$8,967,798$8,967,798100.0%$2,241,950
CowboysExtensionRenegotiated20186$84,000,000$14,000,000$32,000,000$65,841,00078.4%$13,168,200
CowboysOtherActive20232$36,850,000$18,425,000$36,850,000$18,850,00051.2%$18,850,000
Earnings By Team
TeamYrsSalaryAPYPaid on Cap% Paid on CapPaid as Dead Money% Paid as Dead Money
Cowboys10$93,658,798$9,365,880$69,698,7980.0%$00.0%

Season History

YearTeamBase SalaryProrated BonusGuaranteed SalaryCap
Number
Cap %Cash Paid
2014Cowboys$420,000$1,210,509$420,000$1,630,5091.2%$5,262,036
2015Cowboys$827,627$1,210,509$827,627$2,038,1361.4%$827,627
2016Cowboys$1,235,254$1,210,509$1,235,254$2,445,7631.6%$1,235,254
2017Cowboys$1,642,881$1,210,509$1,642,881$2,853,3901.7%$1,642,881
2018Cowboys$2,000,000$4,000,000$2,000,000$6,000,0003.2%$22,000,000
2019Cowboys$10,000,000$4,000,000$10,000,000$14,000,0007.0%$10,000,000
2020Cowboys$1,000,000$6,000,000$0$7,000,0003.2%$11,000,000
2021Cowboys$1,600,000$8,350,000$0$9,950,0004.8%$11,000,000
2022Cowboys$1,641,000$10,390,000$0$12,031,0005.5%$11,841,000
2023Cowboys$1,250,000$10,500,000$1,250,000$11,750,0005.1%$18,850,000
2024Cowboys$1,750,000$13,750,000$1,750,000$15,500,0006.0%$18,000,000
2025Cowboys$1,255,000$9,400,000$0$10,655,0004.1%$0
2026Cowboys$40,000,000$9,400,000$0$17,060,0006.0%$0
2027Cowboys$0$4,410,000$0$00.0%$0
2028Cowboys$0$3,250,000$0$0--$0
Total$64,621,762$88,292,036$19,125,762$112,913,798$111,658,798

Statistics

YearGames PlayedGames InactiveSnaps
InjuredHealthyOffenseSpecial
2014160099.4%17.4%
20151600100.0%13.0%
20161600100.0%18.0%
2017160095.6%16.2%
2018142081.5%13.5%
2019160099.4%15.5%
2020101154.0%7.7%
2021160089.8%16.7%
2022170096.6%17.6%
2023151176.7%0.0%

Valuation Diamond

The diamond is a scatterplot graph that visualizes the relation of the player's APY (in green) and performance (in blue, as measured by OTC's Valuations) to the rest of the league at his position. To understand how to read the diamond, read this explainer.

OTC ValuationAPY
Regular$5,666,000$18,425,000
Injury Adjusted$6,138,913$17,273,438
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OTC Valuation $1.7M $3.5M $5.2M $7M $8.7M APY $3.4M $6.8M $10.3M $13.7M $17.1M $4,471,000 $2,750,000

Weekly Valuation Trends

The chart below illustrates the trend of the player's weekly OTC Valuations (in blue) from the most recent season, using APY (in green) and, if applicable, cash that is due to the player in the next season (in red) as benchmarks. Weeks not plotted indicate that the player was inactive or on a bye.

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