Ja'Marr Chase

Cincinnati Bengals, Wide Receiver

Age: 25y-0m-22d (Mar 01, 2000)

Exp: 4 Years

Country: US

College: Louisiana State

Drafted: Round 1 (#5 overall), 2021

Agent(s): Rocky Arceneaux, Jason Lampert, Caitlin Aoki (Alliance Sports Management)

2025 Cap Hit

$23,570,000

2025 Cash

$41,170,000

Career Earnings

$30,819,642

2025-2029 Rookie Extension (CURRENT)

Ja'Marr Chase signed a 4 year, $161,000,000 contract with the Cincinnati Bengals, including $112,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $40,250,000. In 2025, Chase will earn a base salary of $8,070,000, a roster bonus of $10,000,000, a restructure bonus of $22,000,000 and a workout bonus of $100,000, while carrying a cap hit of $23,570,000 and a dead cap value of $74,900,000.

Contract Terms:

4 yr(s) / $161,000,000

Average Salary:

$40,250,000

Signing Bonus:

N/A

GTD at Sign:

$73,900,000

Total GTD:

$112,000,000

Free Agent:

2030 / UFA

MANAGE CONTRACT

Year	Age	Status	Cap HitAnnual	Cap % League Cap	Cash Annual	Cash Cumulative	Dead Cap Annual
2025	25		$23,570,000	8.44%	$41,170,000	$41,170,000	$74,900,000
2026	26		$26,230,000	8.54%	$33,830,000	$75,000,000	$50,330,000
2027	27		$33,400,000	9.89%	$30,000,000	$105,000,000	$25,200,000
2028	28		$41,400,000	11.14%	$33,000,000	$138,000,000	$17,800,000
POTENTIAL OUT: 2029, 4 YR, $138,000,000; $10,400,000 DEAD CAP
2029	29		$53,216,000	13.02%	$44,816,000	$182,816,000	$10,400,000
2030	30	Void UFA	$4,000,000	0.89%	-	$182,816,000	$3,000,000
2031		Void	$1,000,000	0.20%	-	$182,816,000	-

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Restructure Proration	Roster Bonus	Roster/Gm Bonus	Option Proration	Workout Bonus	Cap Hit	Cap % League Cap	Dead Cap
2025	25		$8,070,000	$4,400,000	$10,000,000	$1,000,000	-	$100,000	$23,570,000	8.44%	$74,900,000	2025 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $74,900,000 2025 Savings: $-51,330,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $47,000,000 2025 Savings: $-23,430,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $42,300,000 2026 Dead Cap: $32,600,000 2025 Savings: $-18,730,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $14,400,000 2026 Dead Cap: $32,600,000 2025 Savings: $9,170,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2026	26		$17,730,000	$4,400,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,000,000	$100,000	$26,230,000	8.54%	$50,330,000	2026 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $50,330,000 2026 Savings: $-24,100,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $32,600,000 2026 Savings: $-6,370,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $25,130,000 2027 Dead Cap: $25,200,000 2026 Savings: $1,100,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2027 Dead Cap: $25,200,000 2026 Savings: $18,830,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2027	27		$23,900,000	$4,400,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,000,000	$100,000	$33,400,000	9.89%	$25,200,000	2027 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $25,200,000 2027 Savings: $8,200,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $25,200,000 2027 Savings: $8,200,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2028 Dead Cap: $17,800,000 2027 Savings: $26,000,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2028 Dead Cap: $17,800,000 2027 Savings: $26,000,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2028	28		$31,900,000	$4,400,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,000,000	$100,000	$41,400,000	11.14%	$17,800,000	2028 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $17,800,000 2028 Savings: $23,600,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $17,800,000 2028 Savings: $23,600,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2029 Dead Cap: $10,400,000 2028 Savings: $34,000,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2029 Dead Cap: $10,400,000 2028 Savings: $34,000,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
POTENTIAL OUT: 2029, 4 YR, $138,000,000; $10,400,000 DEAD CAP
2029	29		$43,316,000	$4,400,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,000,000	$500,000	$53,216,000	13.02%	$10,400,000	2029 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2029 Dead Cap: $10,400,000 2029 Savings: $42,816,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2029 Dead Cap: $10,400,000 2029 Savings: $42,816,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2029 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2030 Dead Cap: $3,000,000 2029 Savings: $45,816,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2029 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2030 Dead Cap: $3,000,000 2029 Savings: $45,816,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2030	30	Void UFA	-	-	-	-	$4,000,000	-	$4,000,000	0.89%	$3,000,000	2030 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2030 Dead Cap: $3,000,000 2030 Savings: $1,000,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2030 Dead Cap: $3,000,000 2030 Savings: $1,000,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2030 Dead Cap: $3,000,000 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $1,000,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2030 Dead Cap: $3,000,000 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $1,000,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2031		Void	-	-	-	-	$1,000,000	-	$1,000,000	0.20%	-	2031 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Savings: $1,000,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Savings: $1,000,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2032 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Savings: $1,000,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2032 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Savings: $1,000,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Restructure Bonus	Roster Bonus	Roster/Gm Bonus	Option Bonus	Workout Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	Cash Remaining
2025	25		$8,070,000	$22,000,000	$10,000,000	$1,000,000	-	$100,000	$41,170,000	$41,170,000	$182,816,000
2026	26		$17,730,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$15,000,000	$100,000	$33,830,000	$75,000,000	$141,646,000
2027	27		$23,900,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$5,000,000	$100,000	$30,000,000	$105,000,000	$107,816,000
2028	28		$31,900,000	-	-	$1,000,000	-	$100,000	$33,000,000	$138,000,000	$77,816,000
POTENTIAL OUT: 2029, 4 YR, $138,000,000; $10,400,000 DEAD CAP
2029	29		$43,316,000	-	-	$1,000,000	-	$500,000	$44,816,000	$182,816,000	$44,816,000
2030	30	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$182,816,000	-
2031	31	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$182,816,000	-

Contract Notes

$73.9M guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2025 compensation + $17.73M of 2026 compensation)
Additional $30M (2026 per-game/workout bonus, 2027 base salary/option bonus) fully guarantees the 5th league day of 2026 (injury guaranteed at sign)
Additional $8.1M (2027 per-game/workout bonus, $7M of 2028 base salary) fully guarantees the 5th league day of 2027 (injury guaranteed at sign)
Annual Per Game Active Bonus: $58,823 ($1M)
2025 Roster Bonus: $22M (guaranteed, treated as a signing bonus)
2025 Roster Bonus: $10M (guaranteed)
2026 Option Bonus: $15M (guaranteed)
2027 Option Bonus: $5M (fully guarantees the 5th league day of 2026)
2030-2031 years automatically void
2026-2029 Performance Incentive

65% Regular Season Snaps + Super Bowl Win: $250,000

Source: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2021-2025 Rookie

Contract Terms:

4 yr(s) / $30,819,641

Average Salary:

$7,704,910

Signing Bonus:

$19,774,284

GTD at Sign:

$30,819,641

Total GTD:

$30,819,641

Free Agent:

2026 / UFA

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Seasons

4 Years

Career Earnings thru 2025

$30,819,642

Earnings w/ Different Teams

1 team

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	Awards
2021	21	Active	$20,434,284	$20,434,284	All NFL (2nd) OROY
2022	22	Active	$2,060,893	$22,495,177
2023	23	Active	$3,461,786	$25,956,963	Afc Pro Bowl:WR
2024	24	Active	$4,862,679	$30,819,642	Afc Pro Bowl:WR All NFL (1st)
Total			$30,819,642	$30,819,642
2025	25	Active	$41,170,000
2026	26	Active	$33,830,000
2027	27	Active	$30,000,000
2028	28	Active	$33,000,000
2029	29	Active	$44,816,000
Total			$213,635,642

Earnings Per Team

Years	Team	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
4		$3,480,000	$19,774,284	$7,565,358	-	-	-	$30,819,642

Year	Age	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Workout	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2021	21	$660,000	$19,774,284					$20,434,284	$20,434,284
2022	22	$825,000			$1,235,893			$2,060,893	$22,495,177
2023	23	$940,000			$2,521,786			$3,461,786	$25,956,963
2024	24	$1,055,000			$3,807,679			$4,862,679	$30,819,642
Total		$3,480,000	$19,774,284		$7,565,358			$30,819,642	$30,819,642
2025	25	$8,070,000		$22,000,000	$10,000,000		$100,000	$41,170,000
2026	26	$17,730,000				$15,000,000	$100,000	$33,830,000
2027	27	$23,900,000				$5,000,000	$100,000	$30,000,000
2028	28	$31,900,000					$100,000	$33,000,000
2029	29	$43,316,000					$500,000	$44,816,000
Total		$128,396,000	$19,774,284	$22,000,000	$17,565,358	$20,000,000	$900,000	$213,635,642

Earnings Per Team

Years	Team	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
4		$3,480,000	$19,774,284	$7,565,358	-	-	-	$30,819,642

Mar 17, 2025 Signed a 4 year $161 million contract extension with Cincinnati (CIN)
Oct 11, 2024 Fined $19,697 Obscene Gesture against Baltimore (BAL)
Sep 20, 2024 Fined $31,599 Verbally Abusing an Official against Kansas City (KC)
Apr 24, 2024 Cincinnati (CIN) exercised a $21.8 million option for 2025
Dec 09, 2022 Fined $15,914 Taunting against Kansas City (KC)
Sep 16, 2022 Fined $23,870 Multiple unsportsmanlike conducts against Pittsburgh (PIT)
Jun 02, 2021 Signed a 4 year $30.8 million contract with Cincinnati (CIN)
Apr 29, 2021 Drafted by Cincinnati (CIN): Round 1 (#5 overall)

Fines

Date	Reason	Fine Amount
Oct 11, 2024	Obscene Gesture against Baltimore (BAL)	$19,697
Sep 20, 2024	Verbally Abusing an Official against Kansas City (KC)	$31,599
Dec 09, 2022	Taunting against Kansas City (KC)	$15,914
Sep 16, 2022	Multiple unsportsmanlike conducts against Pittsburgh (PIT)	$23,870
Fines: 4		$91,080

Year	Team	GP	GS	Snaps	Snaps%	Rec Receptions	Rec Yards	Rec Touchdowns	Fum
2024	CIN	17	16	1,054	92.70	127	1,708	17	0
2023	CIN	16	16	890	81.80	100	1,216	7	1
2022	CIN	12	12	793	71.60	87	1,046	9	2
2021	CIN	17	17	940	85.50	81	1,455	13	2

Calculated Market Value

$35.4M Avg. Annual Salary

Market Value

4 years, $141,788,932
Avg. Salary: $35,447,233
NFL Rank: 20
WR Rank: 1

Current Contract

Free Agent: 2030
Avg. Salary: $40,250,000
NFL Rank: 15
WR Rank: 1

Comparable Players

We've selected the following players based on their age, contract status, and statistical production to compare Ja'Marr Chase to.

Player	Length	Value	Avg. Salary	Age When Signed
CeeDee Lamb	4	$136,000,000	$34,000,000	25
A.J. Brown	3	$96,000,000	$32,000,000	26
Justin Jefferson	4	$140,000,000	$35,000,000	25
D.K. Metcalf	4	$132,000,000	$33,000,000	27
Averages	4	$126,000,000	$33,500,000	25.8

Base Calculated Value

After adjusting the above contracts as if signed at Chase's current age (25), a linear regression is performed, providing us with the following initial value.

Length	Value	Avg. Salary
5	$166,904,760	$33,380,952

Statistical Comparisons

Now we'll compare our variables and Chase statistically over the two seasons prior to their signing. In this case we're analyzing: GP%, Rec Tgt/Gm, Rec/Gm, Rec Yds/Gm, Rec TD/Gm, GP/Yr, YAC/GM, Drops/Gm, Rating

Player	GP%	Rec Tgt/Gm	Rec/Gm	Rec Yds/Gm	Rec TD/Gm	GP/Yr	YAC/GM	Drops/Gm	Rating
CeeDee Lamb 2022-2023	100.00	9.91	7.12	91.41	0.62	17.00	34.44	0.29	88.70
A.J. Brown 2022-2023	100.00	8.94	5.71	86.82	0.53	17.00	30.85	0.29	89.00
Justin Jefferson 2022-2023	79.41	10.52	7.26	106.78	0.48	13.50	33.15	0.33	90.75
D.K. Metcalf 2023-2024	91.18	7.32	4.26	67.94	0.42	15.50	20.39	0.29	77.15
Average	92.65	9.17	6.09	88.24	0.51	15.75	29.71	0.30	86.40
Ja'Marr Chase 2023-2024	97.06	9.70	6.88	88.61	0.73	16.50	40.91	0.42	85.55
Pct Change	4.76	5.78	12.97	0.42	43.14	4.76	37.70	-40.00	-0.98
Median Prime % Change									4.76%
Average Prime % Change									7.62%

Calculated Market Value: Ja'Marr Chase

After applying our Prime % figures into our base calculated value, we're given two values. The average of these values becomes our current calculated market value.

Terms	Avg. Salary
4 years, $141,788,932	$35,447,233

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