The 5th-Year option deadline has now come and gone, giving us the most declined salaries that the league has ever seen. This can be attributed to a few things: A few unfortunate situations, a few unfortunate injuries, and a CBA change that fully guarantees the salary the instant that the option is exercised.

Exercised Options: 12
Declined Options: 15
Bypassed with Extension: 1
Not Available: 4

Related: Track all 5th-year option decisions

EXERCISED OPTIONS

#1 Joe Burrow (QB, CIN)

2024 Salary: $29,504,000
Burrow’s option exercise was a mere formality as he and the Bengals continue to inch closer to his offseason mega-extension. But the $29.504M will now be factored into his next deal, totaling $35M of salary from this and next season that will be added to his new money contract. With recent paydays for Jalen Hurts & Lamar Jackson, Burrow is now a $53M player in our system.

#4 Andrew Thomas (OT, NYG)

2024 Salary: $14,175,000
Thomas has become one of the best offensive linemen in the game, and it stands to reason that the Giants will lock him up long term before the summer is out. He’s a near $22M per year player in our system to date. With the option exercised, he’s now guaranteed $19.1M over the next two seasons.

#5 Tua Tagovailoa (QB, MIA)

2024 Salary: $23,171,000
Despite an unfortunate run of recent head injuries, the Dolphins are standing by their QB, showing enough loyalty to fully guarantee $27.8M across this and next season. If he can stay healthy, there’s no question he should be inline for a near top of the market extension ($45M+ per year).

#6 Justin Herbert (QB, LAC)

2024 Salary: $29,504,000
Like Burrow, the Chargers are just buying themselves more time here as they work through negotiations on something much much bigger. In the interim, Herbert is now guaranteed $33.7M across this and next season, and he carries a $50M valuation into May.

#7 Derrick Brown (DT, CAR)

2024 Salary: $11,665,000
The first and one of only two defensive players to have his 5th-year option exercised this offseason, Brown doesn’t have the production to be considered for the deals that Jeffery Simmons or even Daron Payne scored this spring, but Jonathan Allen’s $18M per year could be about right.

#10 Jedrick Wills (OT, CLE)

2024 Salary: $14,175,000
Despite a bit of a step back in play, Wills gets the vote of confidence through the 2024 season, now guaranteed $17.4M across this and next year. D.J. Humphries contractual path could be one to watch here for Wills going forward.

#13 Tristan Wirfs (OT, TB)

2024 Salary: $18,244,000
After 3 seasons at right tackle, Wirfs is expected to move over to the left side for the 2023 campaign. He’s now guaranteed $21M over the next two seasons, carrying a near $25M per year valuation in our system.

#15 Jerry Jeudy (WR, DEN)

2024 Salary: $12,987,000
Despite trade rumors, the Broncos locked in Jeudy through the 2024 season at what is now $15.5M fully guaranteed. There’s no question that Jeudy hasn’t risen to the level that many thought he could have just yet, but with lots of new in Denver this season, there’s now time to improve upon that.

#16 A.J. Terrell (CB, ATL)

2024: $12,344,000
After an elite 2021 campaign, Terrell fell back down to earth a bit in 2022, but not nearly enough to stop the Falcons from locking him into $14.9M fully guaranteed across the next two seasons. He carries a $20M valuation in our system to date.

#17 CeeDee Lamb (WR, DAL)

2024 Salary: $17,991,000
After a slow start to his career, Lamb has made this decision a complete no-brainer for Dallas of late. He’s now fully guaranteed $20.5M over the next two seasons, but should be staring down a long-term extension at or around $25M per year in the coming weeks.

#22 Justin Jefferson (WR, MIN)

2024 Salary: $19,743,000
Jefferson’s answered every bell, and it’s a little strange that we’re hearing zero discussion about a long-term extension in the works, but that’s a when not an if, and it will likely reach historic heights. For now, the #22 overall pick is guaranteed $22.1M across this and next season, with a near $27M valuation under his belt.

#25 Brandon Aiyuk (WR, SF)

2024 Salary: $14,124,000
For the most part, Aiyuk’s first three seasons have been consistently above average, capping off 2022 with his most productive season yet. His option exercise means $16.4M fully guaranteed across this and next season, and the 25 year old holds an $18M valuation for a long term deal in our system.

DECLINED OPTIONS

#2 Chase Young (DE, WAS)

Declined Salary: $17,452,000
Young becomes the first #2 overall pick to have his 5th-year option declined since the Bears said no to QB Mitchell Trubisky in 2020. He’ll play out a fully guaranteed $5.3M salary, with either free agency, or a projected $21M franchise tag in his future.

#8 Isaiah Simmons (LB, ARI)

Declined Salary: $12,722,000
Simmons was drafted to be a versatile defender, and for the most part - he’s been just that. Productivity wise, things have been fairly average, and the Cardinals are in a bit of a valley right now in terms of their team building (especially with new regimes in the front office and on the sideline). It was just better business to say no here right now. A projected $23M franchise tag already seems unlikely as well.

#9 C.J. Henderson (CB, CAR)

Declined Salary: $11,514,000
The Jaguars traded Henderson to the Panthers early in the 2021 season, and he’s been a solid but fairly average player ever since. He projects to fill in a depth role for Carolina on a fully guaranteed $3.4M salary this upcoming season, but free agency is likely thereafter.

#11 Mekhi Becton (OT, NYJ)

Declined Salary: $13,565,000
This is simply a matter of un-availability. Becton has 1 game under his belt in the past two seasons thanks to a surgically repaired knee. He’ll be ready for OTAs this offseason, and still projects as the Week 1 starting Right Tackle, so there’s time for him to resurrect his value and make next March a little more complicated for the Jets. An offensive lineman franchise tag projects to around $21M currently.

#14 Javon Kinlaw (DT, SF)

Declined Salary: $10,455,000
The writing was on the wall with this one when San Fran shocked us all with a massive free agency deal for Javon Hargrave. Factor in 10 games played across the past two seasons and an additional $10.4M guarantee was out of the question. He’ll play out a fully guaranteed $2.7M salary in 2023, with free agency likely thereafter.

#18 Austin Jackson (OT, MIA)

Declined Salary: $14,175,000
Jackson still projects to be Miami’s Week 1 starting right tackle, so it’s not exactly a broken relationship here. But with 3 games played in 2022, the Dolphins are protecting themselves here from overpaying for a player they have aspirations to replace anyway.

#20 K’Lavon Chaisson (OLB, JAX)

Declined Salary: $12,141,000
The production just hasn’t been there, and with only 9 games played in 2022, this wasn’t a difficult option for the Jags. Oh, and his replacement was the #1 overall pick in 2021.

#21 Jalen Reagor (WR, MIN)

Declined Salary: $12,987,000
Reagor was traded to Minnesota before the start of the 2022 regular season. He posted 8 catches for 104 yards in 17 games. He’ll earn $2.4M in 2023, with free agency available thereafter.

#23 Kenneth Murray (LB, LAC)

Declined Salary: $11,727,000
Murray’s playing time was greatly reduced in 2022 (about 20% less than his rookie season), though he still projects to start for the Chargers in 2023. LA will see out his $2.3M salary and play out the options from there.

#24 Cesar Ruiz (G/C, NO)

Declined Salary: $14,175,000
The #24 overall pick never really found his footing through three seasons, despite playing almost every offensive snap over the course of the past two years. He projects to be the Week 1 starting right Guard, so there’s time to build up value as free agency nears.

#27 Jordyn Brooks (LB, SEA)

Declined Salary: $12,722,000
Brooks is the type of player that fills up a stat sheet, passes most of the eye tests, then gets crushed by advanced analytics on a Monday morning. With that said, had he not suffered an ACL injury late in 2022, there’s a very good chance this decline would have been an exercise. Seattle will hedge its bets here, knowing they may need to slap a projected $23M tag on Brooks to keep him off the open market next March.

#28 Patrick Queen (LB, BAL)

Declined Salary: $12,722,000
I guess when you acquire a counterpart ILB and then pay him the largest contract in position history, your chance of getting a guaranteed x10 raise in 2024 is greatly reduced. Queen has already been rumored in trade talks, and a 1 year, $2.2M contract seems like pretty good value for the receiving team here.

#30 Noah Igbinoghene (CB, MIA)

Declined Salary: $13,202,000
The #30 overall pick has 1 career interception in 32 games played (only 16 across the past two seasons). He enters the 2023 offseason as a projected 3rd stringer for the Dolphins, who may just buy out his $2.1M salary to move on this summer.

#32 Clyde Edwards-Helaire (RB, KC)

Declined Salary: $5,461,000
You can’t say the Chiefs didn’t try here. CEH was given opportunities all over the field to find a rhythm and pattern in their offense, and it just wasn’t a fit. He’s now slipped to 3rd on the depth chart behind Isiah Pachecho and Jerick McKinnon, so a 1 year, $2M play out with free agency looming in March seems the obvious path here. Not ruling out a trade here either.

BYPASSED WITH EXTENSION

#26 Jordan Love (QB, GB)

Bypassed Salary: $20,272,000
With Aaron Rodgers gone, the decision to exercise or decline Love’s $20M 2024 salary was a hot topic of conversation for weeks. Green Bay chose neither. Love gets a restructured extension that guarantees him $13.5M (most likely all in 2023), offering he and Green Bay a more financially sensible path to see if there’s a long-term fit here through the 2024 season. Based on initial reports, it appears as though Love’s compensation across 2023-2024 can max out at $25M.

UNAVAILABLE

#3 Jeff Okudah (CB, ATL)

Bypassed Salary: $11,514,000
Okudah wasn’t going to see his option exercised no matter how this offseason played out, but that became a non-possibility once he agreed to a restructured contract per his trade to Atlanta. The Lions retained a portion of his 4th year salary, nullifying his ability to remain eligible for a 5th year option. The Falcons now get a 1 year, $3.6M look at him in their revamped defense.

#12 Henry Ruggs (WR)

Waived by the Raiders in November of 2021.

#19 Damon Arnette (CB)

Waived by the Raiders in November of 2021.

#29 Isaiah Wilson (OT)

Waived by the Titans in March of 2021.

#31 Jeff Gladney (CB)

Waived by the Vikings in August of 2021

Joel Embiid received the NBA 2022-23 Most Valuable Player award. 

Embiid was in the last year of his Rookie Scale contract during the 2022-23 season and made $33.6 million, 26th in the NBA, and was the 6th highest paid center. Embiid now enters his Designated Veteran Extension estimated at 4 years $210 million for the 2023-24 season which is based on a $134 million cap.

Remaining Contract:

• 2023-24: $46,900,000
• 2024-25: $50,652,000
• 2025-26: $54,404,000
• 2026-27: $58,156,000 (Player Option)

Related:

• 2022-23 Philadelphia 76ers Cap
• 2022-23 Centers Average Salaries
• 2022-23 Centers Cap Hits

Tony Finau holds off Jon Rahm to win the Mexico Open at Vidanta. This is Finau's second PGA Tour win of the season and four win since July 2022. He earns $1.386 million for the 2023 season. Finau's on-course earnings are now at $5.2 million and his career total is $36.6 million.

Mexico Open at Vidanta Tournament Open Top 5

1. Tony Finau: $1,386,000

2. Jon Rahm: $839,300

3. Brandon Wu: $531,300

4. Akshay Bhatia: $377,300

T5. Emiliano Grillo,  Austin Smotherman, Eric Cole: $284,900

Full Results

2023 Earnings Leaders Update

1. Jon Rahm: $14,462,841

2. Scottie Scheffler: $12,508,495

3. Max Homa: $7,776,012

4. Sam Burns: $5,854,275

5. Patrick Cantlay: $5,805,625

Full List

With the 2023 NFL Draft upon us here's a snapshot look at the projected salary cap draft pools for each franchise.

What Am I Looking At Here?
Draft pools involve the amount of salary cap it would take for a team to sign & keep all of their draft picks in a given year. Obviously this is a fluid figure, as picks can be traded, players can go unsigned, and in certain cases, additional bonuses can be added to alter these figures slightly.

Why Are Top 51 Numbers Different?
During the offseason, only a team's Top 51 salary cap figures are accounted for in their overall total. For 2023, the cap figures of drafted players will range from $7.49M (#1 overall)to $771k (#251+). This means that many of these drafted players will carry a cap hit that won't be large enough to make their respective team's Top 51. For those that fall outside, only the prorated signing bonus portion of their cap hit will be counted toward the Top 51 salary cap. Once the regular season begins, all of a team's salary cap figures will begin to count.

Notable Notes

• At $20.3M the Houston Texans currently hold the largest overall draft pool for 2023, $3M more than any other team in the league right now. Houston will need $15M of Top 51 cap space (they have it) to sign all 12 of their picks.
• Thanks to last year's Tyreek Hill trade, and a Tom Brady collusion disciplinary action, the Dolphins enter the 2023 Draft with the fewest picks (4), and the lowest Total Draft Pool ($3.9M). They don't however own the lowest Top 51 Draft Pool. That belongs to the Cleveland Browns, who will only need $1.9M of offseason cap space to sign their 8 picks (2 3rds, 2 4ths, 2 5ths, 1 6th, 1 7th).
• The average Draft Pool heading into Thursday is $10.5M, while the average Top 51 Draft Pool comes in just under $7.3M. NFL teams have on average, $12.2M of Top 51 cap space right now.
• If your team has more draft pool than cap space right now - don't overthink it. Most teams (especially those in contention) like to keep their cap space close to the vest this time of year, knowing there will always be a contract or two they can restructure, trade, or outright release when the summer months start to come into focus.

RELATED:
2023 NFL Draft Tracker w/ Projected Contracts
2023 NFL Salary Cap Tracker

With news that OF Bryan Reynolds has agreed to an historic 8 year, $106.75M extension with the Pittsburgh Pirates, we took some time to identify each MLB Franchise's largest total value contract of all-time.

RELATED: All-Time MLB Contracts

Notable Notes

• Three franchises (Oakland, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City) have yet to sign a player to $90M+.
• 9 franchises have a $300M+ contract under their belts
• 17 franchises (56%) have a $200M+ contract under their belts
• 7 of these contracts were signed for 2023
• 12 of these contracts have been signed in the past 2 years
• Oakland's last "largest ever" contract was signed in 2004
• Only two of these contracts belong to pitchers (Greinke, Strasburg)

Paolo Banchero received the NBA 2022-23 Rookie of the Year award. 

Banchero signed a 4 year $50.16 million Rookie Scale contract and earned $11.1 million during the 2022-23 season (121st highest in the NBA). He has three years and $39.1 million remaining on his contract with Club Options for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons. 

Remaining Contract:

• 2023-24: $11,608,080
• 2024-25: $12,160,800 (Club Option)
• 2025-26: $15,334,769 (Club Option)

Related:

• 2022-23 Orlando Magic Cap
• 2022-23 Power Forward Average Salaries
• 2022-23 Power Forward Cap Hits

The Philadelphia Eagles made good on their offseason promise, locking in QB1 Jalen Hurts to an historic 5 year, $255M contract extension this week. The deal keeps Hurts under contract through the 2028 season, and includes $110M fully guaranteed at signing.

New Money Total Value

The $255M of new money chimes in as the 3rd largest contract in NFL history, behind Patrick Mahomes $450M unicorn extension in Kansas City, and Josh Allen’s $258M contract from the Bills. When factoring in $15M of additional incentives, and the $4.304M Hurts was owed in the final year of his rookie contract, the deal can max out at nearly $275M over the next 6 seasons.

Largest New Money NFL Contracts

1. Patrick Mahomes, $450M
2. Josh Alen, $258M
3. Jalen Hurts, $255M
4. Russell Wilson, $242.5M
5. Kyler Murray, $230.5M

RELATED: TOP NFL CONTRACTS

Including Deshaun Watson’s $230M contract with the Browns, Hurts’ deal becomes the 6th contract in NFL history to offer $200M+.

Small Signing Bonus?

Hurts’ $23,294,000 signing bonus ranks 35th among active contracts, 13th among active QB deals. Why so low? The Eagles, as per usual, have structured this contract with multiple early March bonuses that can/will prorate over a maximum 5 years for cap purposes, and keep the cash flowing for Jalen every offseason. But it still means less Year 1 money than most would anticipate for a Super Bowl runner-up quarterback.

Largest Signing Bonuses (VIEW ALL)

1. Dak Prescott, $66M (franchise tag extension)
2. Matthew Stafford, $60M (veteran extension)
3. Russell Wilson, $50M (veteran extension)
4. Deshaun Watson, $44.965M (veteran extension)
5. Aaron Rodgers, $40.8M (veteran extension)

11th: Jalen Hurts, $24.3M (rookie extension)

Guarantee at Signing

Jalen Hurts’ new deal comes with $110M fully guaranteed at signing, 3rd most in NFL history and by far the most ever for a rookie extension.

Top Guarantees at Signing (VIEW ALL)

1. Deshaun Watson, $230M (veteran extension)
2. Russell Wilson, $124M (veteran extension)
3. Jalen Hurts, $110M (rookie extension)
4. Kyler Murray, $103.3M (rookie extension)
5. Aaron Rodgers, $101.5M (veteran extension)

Hurts out-gains Murray by almost $7M in terms of upfront guarantee, with Josh Allen’s $100M the next rookie extension figure to compare to.

Practical Guarantees

What’s the difference? Guaranteed at signing means just that - the second Jalen Hurts signs this contract, it’ll be nearly impossible for him not to earn the $110M fully guaranteed. The remaining $69M is guaranteed for injury at signing, but will soon become fully guaranteed. Specifically, another $16.5M will lock in next March, an additional $30.8M will fully guarantee in March 2025, and another $22M will follow suit in March of 2026. 4.5 of 6 years are practically guaranteed.

Top Practical Guarantees (VIEW ALL)

1. Deshaun Watson, $230M (veteran extension)
2. Jalen Hurts, $179.3M (rookie extension)
3. Russell Wilson, $161M (veteran extension)
4. Kyler Murray, $159.7M (rookie extension)
5. Aaron Rodgers, $150.8M (veteran extension)

In looking just at the Hurts/Murray matchup, Jalen secures almost $20M more than Kyler with this latest blockbuster extension, and based on team success alone - rightfully so.

Salary Cap Analysis

With multiple bonuses, comes early cap relief for the Eagles - as per usual. Jalen Hurts’ contract carries the following cap hits as of now:

2023: $6.154M
2024: $13.55M
2025: $21.76M
2026: $31.7M
2027: $45.8M
2028: $54.1M
2029-2032 Void Years ($8.16M of initial dead cap, plenty more to come)

Hurts' $6.15M cap hit for 2023 currently ranks 20th among signed Quarterbacks. Any QB drafted in the Top 5 this April will carry a larger cap figure than Jalen Hurts for 2023. If the league salary cap increases its usual $10M up to $235M next season, Hurts will account for just 5.7% of it. If it jumps to $245M in 2025, he'll account for 8.8% in that season. To say these are value figures out of the gate would be an understatement.

Cash Flow Analysis

Year 1: $24.3M
Year 2: $40M
Year 3: $42M
Year 4: $51M
Year 5: $51M
Year 6: $51M

Hurts’ $64.3M 2-year cash ranks 10th among active Quarterback contracts, but is actually $30M more than Patrick Mahomes secured through his first two extension seasons. In terms of 3-year money, the $106.3M to be earned here currently ranks 8th, $11M more than the Bills are handing Josh Allen to start his extension. Only 4 quarterbacks have contracts with more 4-year cash than Jalen Hurts: Watson, Wilson, Prescott, & Daniel Jones - though the last two aren't guaranteed to get that far.

Potential Out & Fluid Dead Cap Warning

Don’t get sucked into thinking that the Eagles can walk away from Hurts after 2026 with just a slap on the wrist to their cash and cap pocketbooks. It’s not that simple.

The dead cap that appears on the contract right now only applies to elements of the deal that are fully guaranteed at signing ($110M + the carry over signing bonus proration from the rookie contract).

By the time we get to March of 2027 (presumably when the two sides could be looking to part), another $49.785M option bonus will have vested (adding $39.9M of bonus dead cap), & $22M of 2027 salary will already have become fully guaranteed. That’s an additional $61.8M of dead cap, raising the 2027 total to $106.5M.

What about after 2027? $89.702M of dead cap
What about when the deal concludes after 2028? $86.5M of dead cap

Concluding Thoughts

It’s easy to get caught up in the “how do we get out of this” conversation almost immediately when dealing with major contracts, but this Jalen Hurts contract should be celebrated for what it is: A ton of money for the player, and 6 years of predetermined tenable salary cap hits for the team. If the Eagles do absolutely nothing to this contract but exercise the option bonuses and let things play out as they will, a $54.1M cap hit in 2028 most likely won’t even represent 20% of the league salary cap that season. Philly’s style of contract structuring bakes the “restructure” into the cake. The room to wiggle comes with the option bonuses themselves. If at any point in time the team feels concerned about the future of Hurts as their starting QB, they can opt to decline one of those bonuses, take on an absurdly large base salary/cap hit for a year, and then push out of the contract, despite what will certainly be a devastating dead cap hit in the following season.

The best case scenario here (again, veering positive not negative), is that Hurts continues to shine in the role, and after 2026, he and the Eagles decide to rip up the remaining $102M, and convert it into a new, bigger, better, more complicated contract for all to enjoy. Keeping in mind of course that all of those vested bonus prorations in 2027-2030 will need to carry over to the new deal as well.

Lauri Markkanen received the NBA 2022-23 Most Impoved Player of the Year award. He was traded to the Utah Jazz from Cleveland in the Donovan Mitchell traded on September 3, 2022, which has given Markkanen a fresh reset on a roster that he seemed to gel with pretty well from the start. He was a 1st time All-Star and had career highs in multiple stat categories with the Jazz.

Markkanen was in the second year of his 4 year $67.47 million contract and earned $16.48 million during the 2022-23 season (87th highest in the NBA). He has two years and $35.3 million remaining on his current extension and will be extension eligible this offseason as of August 6th.

Remaining Contract:

• 2023-24: $17,259,999
• 2024-25: $18,044,544 ($6 million guaranteed)

Related:

• 2022-23 Utah Jazz Cap
• 2022-23 Power Forward Average Salaries
• 2022-23 Power Forward Cap Hits

As the 2023 NFL draft approaches we dive back into 5 years of #1 overall selections, including the respective rookie contract, and path each player as taken since.

RECENT #1 OVERALL PICKS

2023

TBD
4 years, $41.2, $26.9M signing bonus + 5th year option

• First 6 picks should guarantee $30M+
• First 11 picks should guarantee $20M+
• First 22 picks should guarantee $15M+
• 31st pick (forfeit) should guarantee just north of $12.5M
• $2.5M drop off between Round 1 finish + Round 2 start

» 2023 Rookie Contract Projections

2022

Travon Walker (DE, JAX)
4 years, $37.3M; $24.3M signing bonus + 5th year option
Finished 2022 as the 90th graded edge defender according to PFF, posting 3.5 sacks, 49 tackles and a forced fumble in 15 games. He was handedly outplayed by #2 overall Aidan Hutchinson in Year 1, but it’s early.

» FULL DRAFT CLASS

2021

Trevor Lawrence (QB, JAX)
4 years, $36.7M; $24.1M signing bonus + 5th year option
2021 & 2022 were night and day scenarios for Lawrence, who improved from 32nd to 11th in QB grading according to PFF. He’ll become extension eligible for the first time after 2023, and all signs point to a brinks truck right now.

» FULL DRAFT CLASS

2020

Joe Burrow (QB, CIN)
4 years, $36.1M; $23.8M signing bonus + 5th year option
Got off to a slow start, but, outside of rings, 2021 & 2022 couldn’t have gone better for Burrow. He’s the back to back reigning #1 graded QB according to PFF, completing nearly 70% of his passes with a 104 rating in that span. He’s extension eligible as we speak, with a $50M+ per year, $200M+ guarantee in his immediate future.

» FULL DRAFT CLASS

2019

Kyler Murray (QB, ARI)
4 years, $35.6M; $23.5M signing bonus + 5th year option
Murray improved each of his first three seasons, banking a rookie of the year and two pro bowl nods during that time frame. He leveraged that build-up (and a mini offseason holdout) into a 5 year, $230.5M extension last July. He earned $30M last season (instead of $5.4M), and he’ll earn $39M for 2023 (instead of $29M).

» FULL DRAFT CLASS

2018

Baker Mayfield (QB, CLE)
4 years, $32.6M; $21.8M signing bonus + 5th year option
Baker’s still trying to figure it out, and might get a legitimate shot with the Buccaneers in 2023. But as far as QB value on rookie contracts go, this one didn’t hit. There are flashes of capabilities, but without the consistency required to manage an offense for 18+ weeks in any given season. Baker cashed in $48.4M across his first 5 seasons with Cleveland, Carolina, & LAR, and he’ll look to revive his career on a 1 year, $4M fully guaranteed contract with Tampa.

» FULL DRAFT CLASS

NFL #1 PICK HISTORY

• 34 of the last 87 #1 picks have been QBs
• Since 1990 only 8 #1 overall picks have been defensive players
• It’s been 27 years since a WR has been taken #1 overall (Keyshawn Johnson, 1996)
• It’s been 28 years since a RB has been taken #1 overall (Ki-Jana Carter, 1995)
• This will (presumably) be Carolina’s 2nd #1 overall pick (2011, Cam Newton)
• This would have been the Bears’ 3rd #1 overall pick and the first since 1947.
• Matthew Stafford (2009) is the longest tenured #1 pick still active in the league
• The 4 players drafted #1 overall after Stafford (Bradford, Newton, Luck, Fisher) are all presumably out of the league. It’ll be 5 straight if Jadeveon Clowney doesn’t garner a 2023 contract.
• #1 overall picks since 2000 without a Pro Bowl nod: Courtney Brown, JaMarcus Russell, Sam Bradford, Baker Mayfield, Travon Walker

DRAFTED QBS SINCE 2018

With 3, maybe 4 QBs projected to be taken in the first round this Thurdsay, we'll look back at where QBs have been selected since 2018, and which are still vying for starting roles in the league.

2018 Quarterbacks (13)

ROUND BREAKDOWN: 1:5, 2:0, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, 6:2, 7:3

• Starters: 2 (Allen, Lamar)
• Competing: 2 (Baker, Darnold)
• Backups: 3 (Rudolph, White, Woodside)
• Out: 6

2019 Quarterbacks (11)

ROUND BREAKDOWN: 1:3, 2:1, 3:1, 4:2, 5:2, 6:2, 7:0

• Starters: 2 (Murray, Jones)
• Competing: 1 (Minshew)
• Backups: 5 (Lock, Grier, Stidham, Stick, McSorley)
• Out: 3

2020 Quarterbacks (12)

ROUND BREAKDOWN: 1:4, 2:1, 3:0, 4:2, 5:1, 6:1, 7:3

• Starters: 5 (Burrow, Tua, Herbert, Love, Hurts)
• Competing: 0
• Backups: 3 (Eason, Luton, Fromm)
• Out: 4

2021 Quarterbacks (10)

ROUND BREAKDOWN: 1:5, 2:1, 3:2, 4:1, 5:0, 6:1, 7:0

• Starters: 3 (Lawrence, Fields, M. Jones)
• Competing: 3 (Trask, Mills, Ehlinger)
• Backups: 4 (Lance, Wilson, Mond, Book)
• Out: 0

2022 Quarterbacks (9)

ROUND BREAKDOWN: 1:1, 2:0, 3:3, 4:1, 5:1, 6:0, 7:3

Starters: 4 (Pickett, Ridder, Howell, Purdy)

Competing: 0

Backups: 5 (Willis, Corral, Zappe, Oladukun, Thompson)

Out: 0

Nick Hardy and Davis Riley win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. They each earn $1.24 million for the 2023 season. Hardy's 2023 on-course earnings are now up to $1.9 million and his career total is $2.8 million while Riley's 2023 on-course earnings are now at $2.47 million and his career total is $5.78 million.

Zurich Classic of New Orleans Tournament Open Top 5

1. Nick Hardy/Davis Riley: $1,242,700 each

2. Adam Hadwin/Nick Taylor: $507,400 each

3. Wyndham Clark/Beau Hossler: $332,175 each

4. Xander Schauffele/Patrick Cantlay & Matthew NeSmith/Taylor Moore: $261,225 each

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2023 Earnings Leaders Update

1. Jon Rahm: $13,623,541

2. Scottie Scheffler: $12,508,495

3. Max Homa: $7,776,012

4. Sam Burns: $5,854,275

5. Patrick Cantlay: $5,805,625

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