D.J. Reed

Detroit Lions, Cornerback

Age: 28y-4m-16d (Nov 11, 1996)

Exp: 7 Years

Country: US

College: Kansas State

Drafted: Round 4 (#142 overall), 2018

Agent(s): Reza Hesam, David Mulugheta (Athletes First)

2025 Cap Hit

$4,722,000

2025 Cash

$17,000,000

Career Earnings

$35,775,467

2025-2027 Free Agent (CURRENT)

D.J. Reed signed a 3 year, $48,000,000 contract with the Detroit Lions, including $15,235,000 signing bonus, $30,980,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $16,000,000. In 2025, Reed will earn a base salary of $1,255,000 and a signing bonus of $15,235,000, while carrying a cap hit of $4,722,000 and a dead cap value of $30,980,000.

Contract Terms:

3 yr(s) / $48,000,000

Average Salary:

$16,000,000

Signing Bonus:

$15,235,000

GTD at Sign:

$30,980,000

Total GTD:

$30,980,000

Free Agent:

2028 / UFA

MANAGE CONTRACT

Year	Age	Status	Cap HitAnnual	Cap % League Cap	Cash Annual	Cash Cumulative	Dead Cap Annual
2025	29		$4,722,000	1.69%	$17,000,000	$17,000,000	$30,980,000
2026	30		$18,047,000	5.88%	$15,000,000	$32,000,000	$26,678,000
POTENTIAL OUT: 2027, 2 YR, $32,000,000; $9,141,000 DEAD CAP
2027	31		$8,131,000	2.41%	$16,000,000	$48,000,000	$9,141,000
2028	32	Void UFA	$6,094,000	1.64%	-	$48,000,000	$6,094,000
2029		Void	$5,776,000	1.41%	-	$48,000,000	-
2030		Void	$2,729,000	0.61%	-	$48,000,000	-
2031		Void	$2,729,000	0.55%	-	$48,000,000	-

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Proration	Roster Bonus	Roster/Gm Bonus	Option Proration	Cap Hit	Cap % League Cap	Dead Cap
2025	29		$1,255,000	$3,047,000	-	$420,000	-	$4,722,000	1.69%	$30,980,000	2025 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $30,980,000 2025 Savings: $-26,258,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $15,235,000 2025 Savings: $-10,513,000 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: $18,792,000 2026 Dead Cap: $12,188,000 2025 Savings: $-14,070,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $3,047,000 2026 Dead Cap: $12,188,000 2025 Savings: $1,675,000 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	30		$14,490,000	$3,047,000	-	$510,000	-	$18,047,000	5.88%	$26,678,000	2026 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $26,678,000 2026 Savings: $-8,631,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $12,188,000 2026 Savings: $5,859,000 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: $17,537,000 2027 Dead Cap: $9,141,000 2026 Savings: $510,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $3,047,000 2027 Dead Cap: $9,141,000 2026 Savings: $15,000,000 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: 2027, 2 YR, $32,000,000; $9,141,000 DEAD CAP
2027	31		$1,345,000	$3,047,000	$500,000	$510,000	$2,729,000	$8,131,000	2.41%	$9,141,000	2027 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $9,141,000 2027 Savings: $-1,010,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $9,141,000 2027 Savings: $-1,010,000 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: $3,047,000 2028 Dead Cap: $6,094,000 2027 Savings: $5,084,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $3,047,000 2028 Dead Cap: $6,094,000 2027 Savings: $5,084,000 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	32	Void UFA	-	$3,047,000	-	-	$2,729,000	$6,094,000	1.64%	$6,094,000	2028 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $6,094,000 2028 Savings: $0 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $6,094,000 2028 Savings: $0 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: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $6,094,000 2028 Savings: $6,094,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $6,094,000 2028 Savings: $6,094,000 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.
2029		Void	-	$3,047,000	-	-	$2,729,000	$5,776,000	1.41%	-	2029 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Savings: $5,776,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Savings: $5,776,000 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: $0 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Savings: $5,776,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Savings: $5,776,000 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		Void	-	-	-	-	$2,729,000	$2,729,000	0.61%	-	2030 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $2,729,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $2,729,000 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: $0 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $2,729,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2030 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2030 Savings: $2,729,000 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	-	-	-	-	$2,729,000	$2,729,000	0.55%	-	2031 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Savings: $2,729,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Savings: $2,729,000 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: $2,729,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2031 Dead Cap: $0 2032 Dead Cap: $0 2031 Savings: $2,729,000 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	Signing Bonus	Roster Bonus	Roster/Gm Bonus	Option Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	Cash Remaining
2025	29		$1,255,000	$15,235,000	-	$510,000	-	$17,000,000	$17,000,000	$48,000,000
2026	30		$14,490,000	-	-	$510,000	-	$15,000,000	$32,000,000	$31,000,000
POTENTIAL OUT: 2027, 2 YR, $32,000,000; $9,141,000 DEAD CAP
2027	31		$1,345,000	-	$500,000	$510,000	$13,645,000	$16,000,000	$48,000,000	$16,000,000
2028	32	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	$48,000,000	-
2029	33	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	$48,000,000	-
2030	34	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	$48,000,000	-
2031	35	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	$48,000,000	-

Contract Notes

$30.98M guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2025 salary + 2026 salary)
Per Game Active Bonus: $30,000 ($510,000)
2027 Option Bonus: $13.645M
2028-2031 years automatically void

Source: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2022-2024 Free Agent

Contract Terms:

3 yr(s) / $33,000,000

Average Salary:

$11,000,000

Signing Bonus:

$9,465,000

GTD at Sign:

$10,500,000

Total GTD:

$10,500,000

Free Agent:

2025 / UFA

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2018-2021 Rookie

Contract Terms:

4 yr(s) / $2,771,371

Average Salary:

$692,843

Signing Bonus:

$311,371

GTD at Sign:

$311,371

Total GTD:

$311,371

Free Agent:

2022 / UFA

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Seasons

7 Years

Career Earnings thru 2025

$35,775,467

Earnings w/ Different Teams

3 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2018	22	Active	$791,371	$791,371
2019	23	Active	$570,000	$1,361,371
2020	24	Active	$582,355	$1,943,726
2021	25	Active	$920,000	$2,863,726
2022	26	Active	$10,970,576	$13,834,302
2023	27	Active	$10,941,165	$24,775,467
2024	28	Active	$11,000,000	$35,775,467
Total			$35,775,467	$35,775,467
2025	29	Active	$17,000,000
2026	30	Active	$15,000,000
2027	31	Active	$16,000,000
Total			$83,775,467

Earnings Per Team

Years	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
2	$1,050,000	$311,371	-	-	-	-	$1,361,371
2	$1,502,356	-	-	-	-	-	$1,502,355
3	$14,335,000	$9,465,000	$470,576	$7,700,000	-	-	$32,911,741

Year	Age	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2018	22	$480,000	$311,371				$791,371	$791,371
2019	23	$570,000					$570,000	$1,361,371
2020	24	$582,356					$582,355	$1,943,726
2021	25	$920,000					$920,000	$2,863,726
2022	26	$1,035,000	$9,465,000		$470,576		$10,970,576	$13,834,302
2023	27	$2,800,000		$7,700,000			$10,941,165	$24,775,467
2024	28	$10,500,000					$11,000,000	$35,775,467
Total		$16,887,356	$9,776,371	$7,700,000	$470,576		$35,775,467	$35,775,467
2025	29	$1,255,000	$15,235,000				$17,000,000
2026	30	$14,490,000					$15,000,000
2027	31	$1,345,000			$500,000	$13,645,000	$16,000,000
Total		$33,977,356	$25,011,371	$7,700,000	$970,576	$13,645,000	$83,775,467

Earnings Per Team

Years	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
2	$1,050,000	$311,371	-	-	-	-	$1,361,371
2	$1,502,356	-	-	-	-	-	$1,502,355
3	$14,335,000	$9,465,000	$470,576	$7,700,000	-	-	$32,911,741

Injuries

Year		Weeks	Reason
2021	SEA	16 - 16	COVID-19
2020	SEA	1 - 7	Pectoral

Mar 10, 2025 Signed a 3 year $48 million contract with Detroit (DET)
Mar 11, 2023 Converted $7.7 million of 2023 salary into signing bonus, adding 3 void years, clearing $6.16M of cap with New York (NYJ)
Mar 15, 2022 Signed a 3 year $33 million contract with New York (NYJ)
Sep 24, 2021 Fined $5,111 Unsportsmanlike Conduct against Tennessee (TEN)
Aug 05, 2020 Claimed off waivers by Seattle (SEA)
May 12, 2018 Signed a 4 year $2.77 million contract with San Francisco (SF)
Apr 28, 2018 Drafted by San Francisco (SF): Round 4 (#142 overall)

Fines

Date	Reason	Fine Amount
Nov 15, 2024	Taunting against Arizona (ARI)	$11,255
Sep 24, 2021	Unsportsmanlike Conduct against Tennessee (TEN)	$5,111
Fines: 2		$16,366

Year	Team	GP	GS	Snaps	Snaps%	Sack	Tackles Total	Tackles Solo	Tackles Assisted	FFum	Int
2024	NYJ	14	14	880	76.70	1	64	52	12	0	0
2023	NYJ	15	15	993	87.30	0	76	62	14	1	1
2022	NYJ	17	17	1,136	99.80	0	80	63	17	1	1
2021	SEA	14	14	1,000	79.00	0	79	62	17	0	2
2020	SEA	10	7	560	83.00	0	62	46	16	0	2
2019	SF	16	0	126	12.30	0	13	11	2	1	0
2018	SF	15	2	361	33.60	1	41	30	11	1	0

Calculated Market Value

$14.7M Avg. Annual Salary

Market Value

4 years, $58,698,680
Avg. Salary: $14,674,670
NFL Rank: 176
CB Rank: 19

Current Contract

Free Agent: 2028
Avg. Salary: $16,000,000
NFL Rank: 156
CB Rank: 19

Comparable Players

We've selected the following players based on their age, contract status, and statistical production to compare D.J. Reed to.

Player	Length	Value	Avg. Salary	Age When Signed
Jaycee Horn	4	$100,000,000	$25,000,000	25
Chidobe Awuzie	3	$36,000,000	$12,000,000	28
A.J. Terrell	4	$81,000,000	$20,250,000	25
Charvarius Ward	3	$40,500,000	$13,500,000	26
William Jackson	3	$40,500,000	$13,500,000	28
Averages	3	$59,600,000	$16,850,000	26.4

Base Calculated Value

After adjusting the above contracts as if signed at Reed's current age (28), a linear regression is performed, providing us with the following initial value.

Length	Value	Avg. Salary
2	$27,452,380	$13,726,190

Statistical Comparisons

Now we'll compare our variables and Reed statistically over the two seasons prior to their signing. In this case we're analyzing: GP%, Tackles/Gm, Int/Gm, Catch Rate/Yr, Rating

Player	GP%	Tackles/Gm	Int/Gm	Catch Rate/Yr	Rating
Jaycee Horn 2023-2024	61.76	3.29	0.05	57.55	74.30
Chidobe Awuzie 2022-2023	69.70	3.13	0.00	54.90	66.25
A.J. Terrell 2022-2023	91.18	2.26	0.00	57.65	69.25
Charvarius Ward 2020-2021	81.82	3.19	0.07	51.40	65.25
William Jackson 2019-2020	87.50	2.29	0.07	56.55	62.50
Average	78.39	2.83	0.04	55.61	67.51
D.J. Reed 2023-2024	85.29	3.93	0.03	59.85	74.30
Pct Change	8.80	38.87	-25.00	-7.62	10.06
Median Prime % Change					8.80%
Average Prime % Change					5.02%

Calculated Market Value: D.J. Reed

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, $58,698,680	$14,674,670

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