Aaron Jones

Minnesota Vikings, Running Back

2024-2024 Free Agent

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	1.16%	-	$7,000,000	$3,200,000
2026		Void	$800,000	0.27%	-	$7,000,000	-
2027		Void	$800,000	0.25%	-	$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
2025	31	Void UFA	-	$800,000	-	-	$3,200,000	1.16%	$3,200,000	2025 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE Today → 03/11/2025 2025 Dead Cap: $3,200,000 2025 Cap Savings: $0 03/11/2025 → 06/01/2025 2025 Dead Cap: $3,200,000 2025 Cap 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	0.25%	-	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	Roster/Gm Bonus	Workout Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	Cash Remaining
2024	30		$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$550,000	$150,000	$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 (3/11/2025)

Source: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

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

Cap Hit

$3,200,000 / 613th

Cash Total

$0 / 1728th

Contract Value

$7,000,000 / 583rd

Contract Average

$7,000,000 / 307th

AAV% of Cap

2.74% / 322nd

Signing Bonus

$4,000,000 / 408th

2-Year Cash

$7,000,000 / 493rd

3-Year Cash

$7,000,000 / 533rd

Total Guaranteed

$7,000,000 / 449th

Guaranteed at Signing

$7,000,000 / 440th

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)