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Previous Contracts
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2023-2023
Jesse James signed a 1 year, $1,165,000 contract with the New Orleans Saints, including an average annual salary of $1,165,000.Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,165,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,165,000 Total Guarantees - Guaranteed at Signing - Free Agent: 2024 / UFA 2022-2022
Jesse James signed a 1 year, $1,120,000 contract with the Cleveland Browns, including an average annual salary of $1,120,000.Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,120,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,120,000 Total Guarantees - Guaranteed at Signing - Free Agent: 2023 / UFA 2021-2021
Jesse James signed a 1 year, $1,650,000 contract with the Chicago Bears, including a $650,000 signing bonus, $1,650,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $1,650,000.Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,650,000 Signing Bonus $650,000 Average Salary $1,650,000 Total Guarantees $1,650,000 Guaranteed at Signing $1,650,000 Free Agent: 2022 / UFA 2019-2022
Jesse James signed a 4 year, $22,600,000 contract with the Detroit Lions, including a $7,145,000 signing bonus, $10,500,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $5,650,000.Contract: 4 yr(s) / $22,600,000 Signing Bonus $7,145,000 Average Salary $5,650,000 Total Guarantees $10,500,000 Guaranteed at Signing $10,500,000 Free Agent: 2023 / UFA 2015-2018Entry Level
Jesse James signed a 4 year, $2,488,912 contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers, including a $208,912 signing bonus, $208,912 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $622,228.Contract: 4 yr(s) / $2,488,912 Signing Bonus $208,912 Average Salary $622,228 Total Guarantees $208,912 Guaranteed at Signing $208,912 Free Agent: 2019 / UFA -
Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Option Bonus Incentive Earnings 2015 $435,000 $208,912 - - - - $66,552 $710,464 2016 $525,000 - - - - - - $525,000 2017 $615,000 - - - - - $378,793 $993,793 2018 $1,907,000 - - - - - - $1,907,000 2019 $805,000 $7,145,000 - $50,000 - - - $8,000,000 2020 $3,800,000 - - $50,000 - - $71,719 $3,921,719 2021 $1,000,000 $650,000 - - - - - $1,650,000 2022 $640,000 - - - - - - $640,000 2023 $41,200 - - - - - - $41,200 9 seasons $9,768,200 $8,003,912 - $100,000 - - $517,064 $18,389,176 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Option Bonus Incentive Total Cash 4 seasons $3,482,000 $208,912 - - - - $445,345 $4,136,257 2 seasons $4,605,000 $7,145,000 - $100,000 - - $71,719 $11,921,719 1 seasons $1,000,000 $650,000 - - - - - $1,650,000 1 seasons $640,000 - - - - - - $640,000 1 seasons $41,200 - - - - - - $41,200 -
Transactions
Nov 8 2023Signed to the practice squad by Las Vegas (LV)Aug 29 2023Released by New Orleans (NO)May 31 2023Signed a 1 year $1.165 million contract with New Orleans (NO)Sep 5 2022Signed a 1 year $1.12 million contract with Cleveland (CLE)Jul 25 2021Signed a 1 year $1.65 million contract with Chicago (CHI)Mar 12 2021Released by Detroit (DET), clearing $2.1M of cap spaceMar 11 2019Signed a 4 year $22.6 million contract with Detroit (DET)May 15 2015Signed a 4 year $2.488 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT)May 2 2015Drafted by Pittsburgh (PIT): Round 5 (#160 overall) -
Statistics
Season Team GA GP GS Snaps Snaps% Tgt Rec Rec Yds Yds/Rec Rec TD Fum Prod Pts 2022 CLE 2 2 18 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 2021 CHI 14 14 9 265 23.6 8 7 62 8.9 1 0 12.2 2020 DET 16 16 7 465 44.3 22 14 129 9.2 2 0 24.9 2019 DET 16 16 11 502 45.5 27 16 142 8.9 0 0 14.2 2018 PIT 16 16 7 563 50.4 39 30 423 14.1 2 0 54.3 2017 PIT 16 16 14 907 81.9 63 43 372 8.7 3 0 55.2 2016 PIT 16 16 13 855 78.9 60 39 338 8.7 3 0 51.8 2015 PIT 8 8 2 181 16.8 11 8 56 7 1 0 11.6 Totals 104 104 63 3,756 - 230 157 1,522 9.7 12 0 224.20