Fred Warner

San Francisco 49ers, Inside Linebacker

Age: 27-165d (Nov 19, 1996)

Exp: 5 Years

Country: US

College: Brigham Young

Drafted: Round 3 (#70 overall), 2018

Agent(s): Justin Schulman (Athletes First)

2024 Cap Hit

$12,649,000

2024 Cash

$19,500,000

Career Earnings

$65,076,901

2021-2026 Extension (CURRENT)

Fred Warner signed a 5 year , $95,225,000 contract with the San Francisco 49ers, including $12,320,000 signing bonus, $40,500,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $19,045,000. In 2024, Warner will earn a base salary of $1,125,000, a restructure bonus of $17,775,000 and a workout bonus of $100,000, while carrying a cap hit of $12,649,000 and a dead cap value of $39,787,000.

Contract Terms:

5 yr(s) / $95,225,000

Average Salary:

$19,045,000

Signing Bonus:

$12,320,000

GTD at Sign:

$27,500,000

Total GTD:

$40,500,000

Free Agent:

2027 / UFA

Year	Age	Base P5 SalarySalary	Signing Proration	Restructure Proration	Roster Bonus	Roster/Gm Bonus	Option Proration	Workout Bonus	Cap Hit	Cap % League Cap	Dead Cap
2021	25	$920,000	$2,716,547	-	-	-	-	-	$3,636,547	1.99%	$44,032,547
2022	26	$2,564,000	$2,464,000	-	$500,000	-	$2,536,000	$100,000	$8,164,000	3.92%	$40,496,000
2023	27	$1,080,000	$2,464,000	$2,369,000	-	$500,000	$2,536,000	$100,000	$9,049,000	4.03%	$34,161,000
POTENTIAL OUT: 2024, 3 YR, $42,579,576; $39,787,000 DEAD CAP
2024	28	$1,125,000	$2,464,000	$5,924,000	-	$500,000	$2,536,000	$100,000	$12,649,000	4.95%	$39,787,000	2024 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2024 Dead Cap: $39,787,000 2024 Savings: $-27,138,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2024 Dead Cap: $39,787,000 2024 Savings: $-27,138,000 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: $10,924,000 2025 Dead Cap: $28,863,000 2024 Savings: $1,725,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2024 Dead Cap: $10,924,000 2025 Dead Cap: $28,863,000 2024 Savings: $1,725,000 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	29	$17,650,000	$2,464,000	$5,924,000	-	$500,000	$2,536,000	$100,000	$29,174,000	10.67%	$28,863,000	2025 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $28,863,000 2025 Savings: $311,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $28,863,000 2025 Savings: $311,000 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: $10,924,000 2026 Dead Cap: $17,939,000 2025 Savings: $18,250,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $10,924,000 2026 Dead Cap: $17,939,000 2025 Savings: $18,250,000 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	$17,650,000	-	$5,924,000	-	$500,000	$2,536,000	$100,000	$26,710,000	9.13%	$17,939,000	2026 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $17,939,000 2026 Savings: $8,771,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $17,939,000 2026 Savings: $8,771,000 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: $8,460,000 2027 Dead Cap: $9,479,000 2026 Savings: $18,250,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $8,460,000 2027 Dead Cap: $9,479,000 2026 Savings: $18,250,000 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	31	-	-	$5,924,000	-	-	-	-	$9,479,000	3.03%	$9,479,000	2027 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $9,479,000 2027 Savings: $0 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $9,479,000 2027 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 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $9,479,000 2027 Savings: $9,479,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $9,479,000 2027 Savings: $9,479,000 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	-	-	$3,555,000	-	-	-	-	$3,555,000	1.06%	-	2028 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $3,555,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $3,555,000 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: $3,555,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $3,555,000 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	33	UFA

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Bonus	Restructure Bonus	Roster Bonus	Option Bonus	Workout Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	AYC Cumulative	AYC Remaining
2021	25		$920,000	$12,320,000	-	-	-	-	$13,240,000	$13,240,000	$13,240,000	$16,429,929
2022	26		$2,564,000	-	-	$500,000	$12,680,000	$100,000	$15,844,000	$29,084,000	$14,542,000	$17,067,915
2023	27		$1,080,000	-	$11,845,000	-	-	$100,000	$13,495,576	$42,579,576	$14,193,192	$17,373,894
2024	28		$1,125,000	-	$17,775,000	-	-	$100,000	$19,500,000	$62,079,576	$15,519,894	$18,666,667
2025	29		$17,650,000	-	-	-	-	$100,000	$18,250,000	$80,329,576	$16,065,915	$18,250,000
2026	30		$17,650,000	-	-	-	-	$100,000	$18,250,000	$98,579,576	$16,429,929	$18,250,000
2027	31	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2028	32	Void	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Contract Notes

$27.5M guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2021 salary + 2022 option bonus + $1.58M of 2022 salary)
Additional $984,000 of 2022 salary fully guarantees on 4/1/2022
2022 Option Bonus: $12.68M (guaranteed, paid 3/21/2022)
$12.016M of 2023 salary fully guarantees 4/1/2023 (injury guaranteed now)
Workout Bonus: $100,000
2022-2026 Per Game Active Bonus: $29,411 ($500,000, 16 LTBE in 2022)
2024 Voidable Years Buyout: $3.6M (49ers must pay this to process the 2025-26 voids)

Source: PFT

2018-2021 Rookie

Fred Warner signed a 4 year , $3,979,325 contract with the San Francisco 49ers, including $1,010,188 signing bonus, $1,010,188 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $994,831.

Contract Terms:

4 yr(s) / $3,979,325

Average Salary:

$994,831

Signing Bonus:

$1,010,188

GTD at Sign:

$1,010,188

Total GTD:

$1,010,188

Free Agent:

2022 / UFA

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Career Earnings thru 2024

$65,076,901

Career Earnings w/ Different Teams

1 team

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	Awards
2018	22	Active	$1,490,188	$1,490,188
2019	23	Active	$663,137	$2,153,325
2020	24	Active	$844,000	$2,997,325
2021	25	Active	$13,240,000	$16,237,325
2022	26	Active	$15,844,000	$32,081,325	All NFL (1st)
2023	27	Active	$13,495,576	$45,576,901	Nfc Pro Bowl:ILB All NFL (1st)
2024	28	Active	$19,500,000	$65,076,901
Total			$65,076,901	$65,076,901
2025	29	Active	$18,250,000	$83,326,901
2026	30	Active	$18,250,000	$101,576,901
Total			$101,576,901

Year	Age	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Workout	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2018	22	$480,000	$1,010,188					$1,490,188	$1,490,188
2019	23	$663,137						$663,137	$2,153,325
2020	24	$844,000						$844,000	$2,997,325
2021	25	$920,000	$12,320,000					$13,240,000	$16,237,325
2022	26	$2,564,000			$500,000	$12,680,000	$100,000	$15,844,000	$32,081,325
2023	27	$1,080,000		$11,845,000			$100,000	$13,495,576	$45,576,901
2024	28	$1,125,000		$17,775,000			$100,000	$19,500,000	$65,076,901
Total		$7,676,137	$13,330,188	$29,620,000	$500,000	$12,680,000	$300,000	$65,076,901	$65,076,901
2025	29	$17,650,000					$100,000	$18,250,000	$83,326,901
2026	30	$17,650,000					$100,000	$18,250,000	$101,576,901
Total		$42,976,137	$13,330,188	$29,620,000	$500,000	$12,680,000	$500,000	$101,576,901

Earnings Per Team

Years	Team	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
6		$6,551,137	$13,330,188	$500,000	$11,845,000	$200,000	-	$45,576,901

Mar 11, 2024 Converted $14.175M of 2024 salary into signing bonus, clearing $10.6M of cap with San Francisco (SF)
Dec 15, 2023 Fined $5,617 Role in a Fight against Seattle (SEA)
Mar 14, 2023 Converted $11.845M of 2023 salary into signing bonus, adding 1 void year, clearing $9.476M of cap with San Francisco (SF)
Jul 21, 2021 Signed a 5 year $95.225 million contract extension with San Francisco (SF)
Nov 20, 2020 Fined $6,450 Face Mask against Deonte Harris (NO)
Jun 13, 2018 Signed a 4 year $3.979 million contract with San Francisco (SF)
Apr 27, 2018 Drafted by San Francisco (SF): Round 3 (#70 overall)

Fines

Date		Reason		Fine Amount
Nov 20, 2020		Face Mask against Deonte Harris (NO)		$6,450
Dec 15, 2023		Role in a Fight against Seattle (SEA)		$5,617

Year	Team	GP	GS	Snaps	Snaps%	Sack	Tackles Total	Tackles Solo	Tackles Assisted	FFum	Int
2023	SF	16	16	970	94.60	3	132	82	50	4	4
2022	SF	17	17	1,026	95.80	2	130	79	51	1	1
2021	SF	16	16	978	90.30	1	137	80	57	1
2020	SF	16	15	971	94.40	1	125	80	45	1	2
2019	SF	16	16	1,000	97.90	3	118	90	28	2	1
2018	SF	16	16	1,061	98.90		124	85	39	1

Calculated Market Value

$16.8M Avg. Annual Salary

Market Value

3 years, $50,395,080
Avg. Salary: $16,798,360
NFL Rank: 128
ILB Rank: 3

Current Contract

Free Agent: 2027
Avg. Salary: $19,045,000
NFL Rank: 91
ILB Rank: 2

Comparable Players

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

Player	Length	Value	Avg. Salary	Age When Signed
Roquan Smith	5	$100,000,000	$20,000,000	25
Shaquille Leonard	5	$98,500,000	$19,700,000	25
Tremaine Edmunds	4	$72,000,000	$18,000,000	24
C.J. Mosley	5	$85,000,000	$17,000,000	26
Averages	5	$88,875,000	$18,675,000	25.0

Base Calculated Value

After adjusting the above contracts as if signed at Warner's current age (27), a linear regression is performed, providing us with the following initial value.

Length	Value	Avg. Salary
3	$55,482,858	$18,494,286

Statistical Comparisons

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

Player	GP%	Tackles/Gm	Sacks/Gm	Stops/Gm	Catch Rate/Yr	QB Hurries/Gm	Rating
Roquan Smith 2021-2022	100.00	5.82	0.22	3.79	79.70	0.41	58.15
Shaquille Leonard 2019-2020	84.38	5.81	0.30	2.69	0.00	0.81	73.50
Tremaine Edmunds 2021-2022	84.85	4.82	0.04	2.79	76.35	0.50	64.25
C.J. Mosley 2017-2018	96.88	5.39	0.05	3.13	0.00	0.61	71.35
Average	91.53	5.46	0.15	3.10	39.01	0.58	66.81
Fred Warner 2022-2023	100.00	4.88	0.14	3.06	73.60	0.50	86.90
Pct Change	9.25	-10.62	-6.67	-1.29	-88.67	-13.79	30.07
Median Prime % Change							-6.67%
Average Prime % Change							-11.67%

Calculated Market Value: Fred Warner

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
3 years, $50,395,080	$16,798,360

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