Aaron Jones

Minnesota Vikings, Running Back

Age: 29-354d (Dec 02, 1994)

Exp: 7 Years

Country: US

College: Texas El-Paso

Drafted: Round 5 (#182 overall), 2017

Agent(s): Drew Rosenhaus (Rosenhaus Sports)

2024 Cap Hit

$3,500,000

2024 Cash

$7,000,000

Career Earnings

$41,688,273

2024-2024 Free Agent (CURRENT)

Aaron Jones signed a 1 year , $7,000,000 contract with the Minnesota Vikings, including $4,000,000 signing bonus, $7,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $7,000,000. In 2024, Jones will earn a base salary of $2,000,000, a signing bonus of $4,000,000 and a workout bonus of $150,000, while carrying a cap hit of $3,500,000 and a dead cap value of $7,000,000.

Contract Terms:

1 yr(s) / $7,000,000

Average Salary:

$7,000,000

Signing Bonus:

$4,000,000

GTD at Sign:

$7,000,000

Total GTD:

$7,000,000

Free Agent:

2025 / UFA

MANAGE CONTRACT

Year	Age	Status	Cap HitAnnual	Cap % League Cap	Cash Annual	Cash Cumulative	Dead Cap Annual
2024	30		$3,500,000	1.37%	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000
2025	31	Void UFA	$3,200,000	1.17%	-	$7,000,000	$3,200,000
2026		Void	$800,000	0.27%	-	$7,000,000	-
2027		Void	$800,000	0.26%	-	$7,000,000	-
2028		Void	$800,000	0.24%	-	$7,000,000	-

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Proration	Roster/Gm Bonus	Workout Bonus	Cap Hit	Cap % League Cap	Dead Cap
2024	30		$2,000,000	$800,000	$550,000	$150,000	$3,500,000	1.37%	$7,000,000	2024 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2024 Dead Cap: $7,000,000 2024 Savings: $-3,500,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2024 Dead Cap: $4,000,000 2024 Savings: $-500,000 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 2024 Dead Cap: $3,800,000 2025 Dead Cap: $3,200,000 2024 Savings: $-300,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2024 Dead Cap: $800,000 2025 Dead Cap: $3,200,000 2024 Savings: $2,700,000 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.
2025	31	Void UFA	-	$800,000	-	-	$3,200,000	1.17%	$3,200,000	2025 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $3,200,000 2025 Savings: $0 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $3,200,000 2025 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 2025 Dead Cap: $0 2026 Dead Cap: $3,200,000 2025 Savings: $3,200,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $0 2026 Dead Cap: $3,200,000 2025 Savings: $3,200,000 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		Void	-	$800,000	-	-	$800,000	0.27%	-	2026 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $0 2026 Savings: $800,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $0 2026 Savings: $800,000 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: $0 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2026 Savings: $800,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $0 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2026 Savings: $800,000 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		Void	-	$800,000	-	-	$800,000	0.26%	-	2027 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2027 Savings: $800,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2027 Savings: $800,000 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: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2027 Savings: $800,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2027 Savings: $800,000 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		Void	-	$800,000	-	-	$800,000	0.24%	-	2028 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $800,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $800,000 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: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $800,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $800,000 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	Workout Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	AYC Cumulative	AYC Remaining
2024	30		$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$150,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000
2025	31	Void	-	-	-	-	$7,000,000	-	-
2026	32	Void	-	-	-	-	$7,000,000	-	-
2027	33	Void	-	-	-	-	$7,000,000	-	-
2028	34	Void	-	-	-	-	$7,000,000	-	-

Contract Notes

Fully Guaranteed
Per Game Active Bonus: $50,000 ($850,000)
2026-29 years automatically void

Source: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2021-2024 pending-free-agent-extension

Aaron Jones signed a 4 year , $48,000,000 contract with the Green Bay Packers, including $13,000,000 signing bonus, $13,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $12,000,000. In 2024, Jones will earn a base salary of $11,100,000 and a workout bonus of $500,000, while carrying a cap hit of $17,575,823 and a dead cap value of $12,348,000.

Contract Terms:

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

Average Salary:

$12,000,000

Signing Bonus:

$13,000,000

GTD at Sign:

$13,000,000

Total GTD:

$13,000,000

Free Agent:

2025 / UFA

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2017-2020 Rookie

Aaron Jones signed a 4 year , $2,601,937 contract with the Green Bay Packers, including $201,937 signing bonus, $201,937 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $650,484.

Contract Terms:

4 yr(s) / $2,601,937

Average Salary:

$650,484

Signing Bonus:

$201,937

GTD at Sign:

$201,937

Total GTD:

$201,937

Free Agent:

2021 / UFA

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Seasons

7 Years

Career Earnings thru 2024

$41,688,273

Earnings w/ Different Teams

2 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2017	23	Active	$660,998	$660,998
2018	24	Injured	$474,822	$1,135,820
2019	25	Active	$645,000	$1,780,820
2020	26	Active	$2,283,641	$4,064,461
2021	27	Active	$14,226,460	$18,290,921
2022	28	Active	$5,750,000	$24,040,921
2023	29	Active	$10,647,352	$34,688,273
2024	30	Active	$7,000,000	$41,688,273
Total			$41,688,273	$41,688,273
Total			$41,688,273

Earnings Per Team

Years	Team	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
7		$6,797,822	$13,195,998	$576,460	$12,335,000	$1,050,000	$150,641	$34,688,273
1		$2,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$150,000	-	$7,000,000

Year	Age	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Workout	Incentives	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2017	23	$465,000	$195,998					$660,998	$660,998
2018	24	$474,822						$474,822	$1,135,820
2019	25	$645,000						$645,000	$1,780,820
2020	26	$2,133,000					$150,641	$2,283,641	$4,064,461
2021	27	$1,000,000	$13,000,000		$176,460	$50,000		$14,226,460	$18,290,921
2022	28	$1,000,000		$3,850,000	$400,000	$500,000		$5,750,000	$24,040,921
2023	29	$1,080,000		$8,485,000		$500,000		$10,647,352	$34,688,273
2024	30	$2,000,000	$4,000,000			$150,000		$7,000,000	$41,688,273
Total		$8,797,822	$17,195,998	$12,335,000	$576,460	$1,200,000	$150,641	$41,688,273	$41,688,273
Total		$8,797,822	$17,195,998	$12,335,000	$576,460	$1,200,000	$150,641	$41,688,273

Earnings Per Team

Years	Team	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
7		$6,797,822	$13,195,998	$576,460	$12,335,000	$1,050,000	$150,641	$34,688,273
1		$2,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$150,000	-	$7,000,000

Injuries

Year		Weeks	Reason
2018	GB	16 - 17	Knee

Nov 01, 2024 Fined $11,817 Low Block against Los Angeles (LAR)
Mar 12, 2024 Signed a 1 year $7 milion contract with Minnesota (MIN)
Mar 11, 2024 Released by Green Bay (GB), clearing $5.2M of cap
Feb 17, 2023 Accepted a $5M pay cut for 2023, while also converting $8.52M of salary & roster bonus into signing bonus, adding one void year, freeing up $11.816M of cap space with Green Bay (GB)
Feb 24, 2022 Converted his $3.75M roster bonus plus $100,000 of base salary into signing bonus, adding two void years, freeing up $3.08M of cap space with Green Bay (GB)
Mar 14, 2021 Signed a 4 year $48 million contract extension with Green Bay (GB)
Oct 11, 2019 Fined $10,527 Taunting against Dallas (DAL)
Jul 03, 2018 Suspended 2 games for violating the league's substance abuse policy, forfeiting $71,233 in 2018 salary/bonus with Green Bay (GB)
May 05, 2017 Signed a 4 year $2.6 million contract with Green Bay (GB)
Apr 29, 2017 Drafted by Green Bay (GB): Round 5 (#182 overall)

Fines

Date		Reason		Fine Amount
Oct 11, 2019		Taunting against Dallas (DAL)		$10,527
Nov 01, 2024		Low Block against Los Angeles (LAR)		$11,817

Suspensions

Date		Reason	Games Suspended	Fine Amount
Jul 03, 2018		Substance Abuse	2	$71,233

Year	Team	GP	GS	Snaps	Snaps%	Rush Attempts	Rush Yards	Rush Yards/Gm	Rush Touchdowns	Rec Targets	Rec Receptions	Rec Yards	Rec Yards/Rec	Rec Yards/Gm	Rec Touchdowns	Fum
2024	MIN	9	9	361	62.20	142	653	72.6	2	32	28	258	9.2	28.7	1	1
2023	GB	11	11	354	32.30	142	656	59.6	2	43	30	233	7.8	21.2	1	2
2022	GB	17	17	630	57.60	213	1,121	65.9	2	72	59	395	6.7	23.2	5	5
2021	GB	15	15	578	51.80	171	799	53.3	4	65	52	391	7.5	26.1	6	2
2020	GB	14	14	539	51.80	201	1,104	78.9	9	63	47	355	7.6	25.4	2	2
2019	GB	16	16	679	61.30	236	1,084	67.8	16	68	49	474	9.7	29.6	3	3
2018	GB	12	8	376	47.50	133	728	60.7	8	35	26	206	7.9	17.2	1	1
2017	GB	12	4	236	22.50	81	448	37.3	4	18	9	22	2.4	1.8	0	0

Calculated Market Value

$5.8M Avg. Annual Salary

Market Value

1 years, $5,803,174
Avg. Salary: $5,803,174
NFL Rank: 393
RB Rank: 15

Current Contract

Free Agent: 2025
Avg. Salary: $7,000,000
NFL Rank: 325
RB Rank: 13

Comparable Players

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

Player	Length	Value	Avg. Salary	Age When Signed
Gus Edwards	2	$6,500,000	$3,250,000	28
Austin Ekeler	2	$8,430,000	$4,215,000	28
Raheem Mostert	1	$4,130,000	$4,130,000	31
Derrick Henry	2	$16,000,000	$8,000,000	30
Averages	2	$8,765,000	$4,898,750	29.3

Base Calculated Value

After adjusting the above contracts as if signed at Jones's current age (29), a linear regression is performed, providing us with the following initial value.

Length	Value	Avg. Salary
2	$11,663,500	$5,831,750

Statistical Comparisons

Now we'll compare our variables and Jones statistically over the two seasons prior to their signing. In this case we're analyzing: GP%, Rush Yds/Gm, Rush TD/Gm, Rec/Gm, Fum/Gm, Rating

Player	GP%	Rush Yds/Gm	Rush TD/Gm	Rec/Gm	Fum/Gm	Rating
Gus Edwards 2022-2023	76.47	47.81	0.62	0.46	0.15	77.80
Austin Ekeler 2022-2023	91.18	49.77	0.58	5.10	0.32	70.80
Raheem Mostert 2022-2023	91.18	61.39	0.68	1.81	0.19	81.60
Derrick Henry 2022-2023	97.06	81.97	0.76	1.85	0.18	88.05
Average	88.97	60.24	0.66	2.31	0.21	79.56
Aaron Jones 2023-2024	76.00	64.26	0.21	2.95	0.16	79.30
Pct Change	-14.58	6.67	-68.18	27.71	23.81	-0.33
Median Prime % Change						3.17%
Average Prime % Change						-4.15%

Calculated Market Value: Aaron Jones

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
1 years, $5,803,174	$5,803,174

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