Dylan Cole

Chicago Bears, Inside Linebacker
Age: 30y-9m-3d (May 19, 1994)
Exp: 6 Years
Country: US
College: Missouri State
Drafted: Undrafted, HOU, 2017
INACTIVE
2023-2023 Free Agent
Dylan Cole signed a 1 year, $1,080,000 contract with the Chicago Bears, including an average annual salary of $1,080,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $1,080,000
Average Salary:
$1,080,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
GTD at Sign:
Total GTD:
Free Agent:
2024 / UFA
Year | Age | Cap HitAnnual | Cap % League Cap | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | Dead Cap Annual | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 |
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29 | $887,778 | 0.39% | $887,778 | $887,778 | - | |||
2024 |
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30 |
UFA |
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Accrued Dead Cap | ||||||||||
2023 |
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29 | $152,500 | 0.07% | $152,500 | - | - |
Year | Age | Base P5 Salary | Cap Hit | Cap % League Cap | Dead Cap | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 |
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29 | $1,080,000 | $887,778 | 0.39% | - | ||||
2024 |
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30 |
UFA |
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Accrued Dead Cap | ||||||||||
2023 |
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29 | $100,000 | $152,500 | 0.07% | - |
Year | Age | Base P5 Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Cash Remaining | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 |
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29 | $887,778 | $887,778 | $887,778 | $1,040,278 | ||||||
Retained/Dead Cash | ||||||||||||
2023 |
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29 | $100,000 | $152,500 | - | $152,500 |
Source:
NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2022-2022 Free Agent
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $1,187,500
Average Salary:
$1,187,500
Signing Bonus:
$152,500
GTD at Sign:
$152,500
Total GTD:
$152,500
Free Agent:
2023 / UFA
2021-2021
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $920,000
Average Salary:
$920,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
GTD at Sign:
Total GTD:
2020-2020
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $2,133,000
Average Salary:
$2,133,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
GTD at Sign:
Total GTD:
Free Agent:
2021 / UFA
2017-2019 Rookie
Contract Terms:
3 yr(s) / $1,677,000
Average Salary:
$559,000
Signing Bonus:
$12,000
GTD at Sign:
$27,000
Total GTD:
$27,000
Free Agent:
2020 / RFA
Seasons
6 Years
Career Earnings thru 2025
$6,567,854
Earnings w/ Different Teams
3 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 23 |
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Active
|
$477,000 |
$477,000 |
|
2018 | 24 |
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Active
|
$461,294 |
$938,294 |
|
2019 | 25 |
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Injured
|
$645,000 |
$1,583,294 |
|
2020 | 26 |
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Injured
|
$2,165,272 |
$3,748,566 |
|
2021 | 27 |
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Active
Retained
|
$408,888 $182,622 |
$4,157,454 $4,340,076 |
|
2022 | 28 |
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Active
|
$1,187,500 |
$5,527,576 |
|
2023 | 29 |
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Active
Retained
|
$887,778 $152,500 |
$6,415,354 $6,567,854 |
|
Total |
$6,567,854 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 |
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$3,704,294 | $12,000 | - | - | - | $32,272 | $3,748,566 |
2 |
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$1,626,510 | $152,500 | - | - | - | - | $1,779,010 |
1 |
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$987,778 | $52,500 | - | - | - | - | $1,040,278 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Workout | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 |
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23 |
$465,000
|
$12,000 |
$477,000 |
$477,000 |
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2018 |
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24 |
$461,294
|
$461,294 |
$938,294 |
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2019 |
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25 |
$645,000
|
$645,000 |
$1,583,294 |
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2020 |
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26 |
$2,133,000
|
$32,272 |
$2,165,272 |
$3,748,566 |
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2021 |
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27 |
$408,888 $182,622
|
$408,888 $182,622 |
$4,157,454 $4,340,076 |
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2022 |
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28 |
$1,035,000
|
$152,500 |
$1,187,500 |
$5,527,576 |
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2023 |
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29 |
$887,778 $100,000
|
$52,500 |
$887,778 $152,500 |
$6,415,354 $6,567,854 |
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Total |
$6,318,582 |
$217,000 |
$32,272 |
$6,567,854 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 |
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$3,704,294 | $12,000 | - | - | - | $32,272 | $3,748,566 |
2 |
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$1,626,510 | $152,500 | - | - | - | - | $1,779,010 |
1 |
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$987,778 | $52,500 | - | - | - | - | $1,040,278 |
Injuries
Year | Weeks | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|
2020 |
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9 - 9 | COVID-19 |
2020 |
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10 - 17 | Back |
2019 |
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13 - 17 | Knee (ACL) |
2018 |
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4 - 12 | Wrist |
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Sep 11, 2023 Signed a contract with Chicago (CHI)
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Sep 09, 2023 Released by Chicago (CHI)
-
Mar 23, 2023 Signed a 1 year $1.232 million contract with Chicago (CHI)
-
Mar 23, 2022 Signed a 1 year $1.18 million contract with Tennessee (TEN)
-
Nov 16, 2021 Signed to the active roster by Tennessee (TEN)
-
Oct 13, 2021 Signed to the practice squad by Tennessee (TEN)
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Mar 12, 2020 Assigned a 1 year $2.133 million original round tender by Houston (HOU)
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Apr 30, 2017 Signed a contract with Houston (HOU)
Year | Team | GP | GS | Snaps | Snaps% | Sack | Tackles Total | Tackles Solo | Tackles Assisted | FFum | Int |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | TEN | 15 | 8 | 438 | 37.50 | 1 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | TEN | 9 | 0 | 54 | 9.80 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | HOU | 6 | 0 | 89 | 16.10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | HOU | 11 | 0 | 139 | 12.80 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | HOU | 8 | 0 | 119 | 23.00 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | HOU | 12 | 1 | 205 | 20.60 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 2 |